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Tetum ( Tetun [ˈt̪et̪un̪]; Indonesian: Bahasa Tetun; Portuguese: Tétum [ˈtɛtũ]) [3] is an Austronesian language spoken on the island of Timor. It is one of the official languages of Timor-Leste and it is also spoken in Belu Regency and in Indonesian West Timor . There are two main forms of Tetum as a language:
About us. Tetun.org is the only free machine translation service for the Tetun language. The Android app , iOS app and website together have over 60,000 monthly active users, and growing! Tetun.org was entirely set up as a volunteer project, led by Raphaël Merx since 2019, and developed in collaboration with Katrina Langford (TimorLink) since ...
The lingua franca and national language of East Timor is Tetum, an Austronesian language influenced by Portuguese, with which it has equal status as an official language. The language of the Oecusse exclave is Uab Meto (Dawan). Fataluku is a Papuan language widely used in the eastern part of the country (often more so than Tetum).
ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Tetum. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_tet. ONLINEUsing Tetun and Portuguese for teaching in Grades 5 and 6.
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Aug 3, 2010 · Timor: Timor Leste, East Timor, Tetun, Tetum, Languages, Tutorials, Language Course, Publisher Peace Corps East Timor Collection opensource Contributor Catharina Williams-van Klinken Language Tetum Rights
Tetun, orTettum. Tetum, people indigenous to the narrow central section of Timor, easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. The Tetum numbered more than 300,000 in the late 20th century. Of Melanesian and Indonesian-Malay stock, the Tetum may be descendants of invaders who brought Indonesian culture to Timor.
When Timor-Leste gained independence in 2002, Tetum was adopted as one of the country’s two official languages. Due to its colonial history, Tetum has strong linguistic influences from Portuguese. In addition, many words in Tetum are derived from Malay. Despite Timor-Leste being one of Australia’s closest neighbours, experts on Timorese ...
