Native speakers of the Baduy language are spread in regions around the Mount Kendeng, Rangkasbitung district of Lebak Regency, Pandeglang Regency and Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia.
The native language of Baduy people is the Baduy language, it is a language belongs to the Sundanesic language family. The three main settlements of the Kanekes people are Cikeusik, Cikertawana and Cibeo. Their homeland in Banten, Java is contained in just 50 km 2 (19 sq mi) of hilly forest area 120 km (75 mi) from Jakarta, Indonesia's capital. This region that is part of the Kendeng mountains with an elevation of 300–500 meters (975'-1,625') above sea level consists of hilly and bumpy topography with sloppy surface that reaches up to an average of 45%, are volcanic soil (in the north), precipitate soil (in the center) and mixed soil (in the south). Their population of 11,700 is centered at the foothill of Kendeng mountains at the Kanekes settlement, Leuwidamar district, Lebak Regency, Rangkasbitung, Banten with a distance of 40 km from Rangkasbitung.
The Baduy region is geographically located at coordinates 6☂7’27" – 6☃0’0" south latitude and 108☃’9" – 106☄’55" east longitude. View over the hills near the Badui kampung (village) Kaduketug, circa 1915–1926. No foreigners were allowed to meet the Inner Baduy, though the Outer Baduy do foster some limited contacts with the outside world. 'Outer Baduy' Baduy Luar (in Indonesian)) 'Inner Baduy' Baduy Dalam (in Indonesian)) The Baduy are divided into two sub-groups: There are also a theory which suggested that the term baduy was initially an exonym given by outsiders to refer these tribal group, which expected from the Dutch observers that might have thought to equate them with the nomadic community of the Bedouin Arabs. 'Cibeo people') instead which are the names based on their cultural regions or villages. However, the Baduy people sometimes would prefer to be called as Urang Kanekes ( lit. It is likely that in ancient times, there was once a river called the Baduyut River, because the term Cibaduyut ( ᮎᮤᮘᮓᮥᮚᮥᮒ᮪) itself literally means 'Baduyut River' in Sundanese language so it is very possible if this tribe was once named after the name of that river. As part of Sundanesic family, the term baduyut also known in Old Sundanese and Sundanese languages which bears the same meaning the Cibaduyut region in the Sundanese cultural land region may derived from the same etymology. The term baduy is a short form derived from baduyut in Baduy language, it is the native Sundanesic term which refers to the endemic vine plant in western hemisphere of Java island which are usually used as herbal medicine since ancient times.
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