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Tetum (Tetun [ˈt̪et̪un̪]; Indonesian: Bahasa Tetun; Portuguese: Tétum) 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:
- 500,000, mostly in Indonesia (2010–2011)
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).
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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There are three dialects of Tetun: Tetun-Terik, Tetun-Belu and Nana'ek. A creolised variety of Tetum, known as Tetun-Dili or Tetun-Prasa, is spoken in Dili, the capital of East Timor, and elsewhere in East Timor as a lingua franca.
OLAC resources in and about the Tetum language. ISO 639-3: tet. The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language: Primary texts. Lexical resources. Language descriptions. Other resources about the language. Other resources in the language.
Tetum (Tetun [ˈt̪et̪un̪]; Indonesian: Bahasa Tetum; Portuguese: Tétum [ˈt̪ɛt̪ũ]) is an Austronesian language spoken on the island of Timor. It is spoken in Belu Regency in Indonesian West Timor, and across the border in East Timor, where it is one of the two official languages.
