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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Sunda of Indonesia

The Sunda of Indonesia, numbering approximately 46,980,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are the second-largest ethnic group in Indonesia, native to West Java's Priangan highlands, called parahyangan or paradise, whose Hindu Sunda Kingdom flourished from 669 to 1579 and peaked under King Sri Baduga Maharaja before falling to Muslim Demak forces. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Sundanese is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Sunda

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: Sunda-Betawi of Java
Primary Language(s): Sundanese (sun)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 46,980,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
People Group ID: PG022435
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

97%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Sundanese
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Sunda Speakers

Media Resources in Sundanese:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Sundanese:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Today's Version 1991 (Nganggo Basa Sunda Sadidinten)✓✓✓
Today's Version, 1997✓✓

2 entries

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Or check out the Sundanese bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Sunda are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Sunda:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Sunda of Indonesia

During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
readExodus 2:23-24

As the lost among them labor, groan, and cry out under false religions and sin, pray God will have mercy on them and hear their cries, that He will be their Rescuer from the kingdom of darkness and bring them into the kingdom of light.

“I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ to a nation that was not called by my name."
readIsaiah 65:1

Pray that the lost will be found by God, even when they are not seeking Him. Pray that He will reveal Himself to them in a way they cannot ignore and that they will respond in faith.

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.
readRomans 10:12

Pray that as people from different backgrounds place their faith in Christ, they will be unified by their faith Him.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 6:23

Pray that God will bring people to faith who are excited about the eternal life they have in Christ and will want to cross cultures to share this hope with others.

Sunda Across Countries (ROP3 - 109604) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
SundaPG022435SundaIndonesia46,980,000Engaged yet UnreachedSundaneseSunni Islam

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