Sundanese Banten or Bantenese (''Basa Sunda Banten'' or ''Basa Wewengkon Banten'') is one of the Sundanesic languages dialect spoken predominantly by the Bantenese —an indigenous ethnic group native to

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— in the westernmost hemisphere of

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island, and in the western Bogor Regency (especially in Jasinga, the districts of Cigudeg, Tenjo, Nanggung, Parungpanjang, and Sukajaya), as well as the northwestern parts of Sukabumi Regency. The Bantenese language is the lingua franca of the '' Kasepuhan Ciptagelar'' traditional community in the Cisolok district and the ''Kasepuhan Banten Kidul'' traditional community in the Lebak Regency. 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 language.

Geographic distribution

Unlike any other native languages in

island, the Bantenese language does not really recognized the sociolinguistic register in general, differed from the Priangan dialect spoken in the Parahyangan region. Due to its Priangan dialect, the Bantenese language somewhat seen as the

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of Sundanese that is still closely related to the Old Sundanese