Cirebonese

Cirebonese
Orang Cirebon/ Wong Cherbon

Total population
circa 1.9 million (2000 census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
West Java
Languages
Cirebonese, Sundanese, Indonesian
Religion
Muslim

The Cirebonese are an ethnic group centered around the city of Cirebon in the northern part of the island of Java in Indonesia. Numbering approximately 1.9 million, the Cirebonese are Muslim. The language spoken by the Cirebonese is a mixture of Javanese and Sundanese, with a heavier influence from Javanese. Generally Cirebonese speakers can understand Javanese better than they can Sundanese.

References

1. ^ Indonesia's Population: Ethnicity and Religion in a Changing Political Landscape. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 2003. 

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