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Tetum
Sign in to saveAlso known as Teto, Tetun, tet, Belo, Fehan, Tetun Belu, Tetung, Tettum
Timoric language spoken on the island of Timor
Tetum is a language spoken on the island of Timor, located in Southeast Asia. It matters because it serves as a lingua franca for communication among the diverse populations of the region.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- modern language
- Subclass of
- Timoric
- Country
- Portugal
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- indigenous to
- Southeast Asia
- Wikimedia language code
- tet
- writing system
- Latin script
- Commons category
- Tetum language
- native label
- Tetun
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 400000
- linguistic typology
- subject–verb–object
- topic's main category
- Category:Tetum language
- language regulatory body
- Instituto Nacional de Linguística
- category for films in this language
- Category:Tetum-language films
- P10369
- Wikisource
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Encyclopedic overview
Tetun (Tetun [ˈt̪et̪un̪] ; Indonesian: Bahasa Tetun; Portuguese: Tétum [ˈtɛtũ]) 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 Malaka Regency, which form the eastern part of Indonesian West Timor adjoining Timor-Leste.
There are two main forms of Tetun as a language:
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