Bantenese language

Bantenese
Basa Sunda Banten Basa Wewengkon Banten
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Banten Lebak Regency Pandeglang Regency Serang City south part Serang Regency south and west parts Tangerang Regency south and west parts West Java Bogor Regency western part Sukabumi Regency northwest part
Ethnicity	Bantenese Ciptagelar
Native speakers	L1: 3,350,000 (2015)[1] Total (L1 & L2): 4,657,784
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian disputed: Malayo-Sumbawan or Greater North Borneo Sundanese-Baduy Sundanese Bantenese
Writing system	Latin Sunda
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Indonesia Banten
Regulated by	Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist List	sun-ban
Glottolog	bant1285
Linguasphere	31-MFN-ad
Areas where the Banten language is spoken predominantly

Banten Sundanese or Bantenese (Basa Sunda Banten or Basa Wewengkon Banten) is one of the Sundanese dialects spoken predominantly by the Bantenese — an indigenous ethnic group native to Banten — in the westernmost region of the island of Java, and in the western Bogor Regency (especially in Jasinga,^[2] the districts of Cigudeg, Tenjo, Nanggung, Parungpanjang, and Sukajaya; known as Jasinga Sundanese),^[3] as well as the northwestern parts of Sukabumi Regency. A variety of Bantenese is spoken by the Ciptagelar people in the Kasepuhan Ciptagelar traditional community in the Cisolok district and the Kasepuhan Banten Kidul traditional community in the Lebak Regency.^[4]

The regional government of Banten is currently making a significant approach to preserve this dialect through a news program entitled Beja ti Lembur, which was aired by the regional CTV Banten network in Bantenese.^[5]