Tetum (Tetun [ˈt̪et̪un̪]; Indonesian: Bahasa Tetun; Portuguese: Tétum [ˈtɛtũ]) is an Austronesian language spoken on the island of Timor. It is one of...
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Indonesia and most of East Timor. Their language is called Tetum, which is part of the Austronesian language family. Apart from the island of Timor, this...
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up Tetum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tetum may refer to: Tetum language, an Austronesian language Tetum alphabet, used to write the Tetum language...
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The Tetum alphabet is used to write Tetum. It is based on the Latin alphabet and contains 24 letters: The letters are named: á, bé, dé, é, efe, ge, agá...
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national language of Timor-Leste is Tetum, an Austronesian language influenced by Portuguese, with which it has equal status as an official language. The...
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constitution as one of the two working languages (the other being English), alongside the official languages of Tetum and Portuguese. It is understood by...
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half a million speakers, though in addition Tetum is an official language and a lingua franca among non-Tetum East Timorese. Geoffrey Hull (1998) proposes...
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Timor (redirect from Timorese language)
and the Tetum of central and eastern Timor. Most indigenous Timorese languages belong to the Timor–Babar branch of the Austronesian languages spoken throughout...
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Spanish and French) co-official with Tetum; 51,800 L1 speakers as of 2007) Guinea-Bissau does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese...
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city to be the capital of their colony Portuguese Timor. Therefore, the Tetum Prasa spoken in Dili is still exhibiting strong influences from its Mambai...
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Deaths in May 2024 (category Articles with Tetum-language sources (tet))
asuntu kombatente libertasaun nasionál “Meta Mali” hakotu iis iha HNGV (in Tetum) Malta’s first female judge to EU Court, Ena Cremona, passes away Cynthia...
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Lesser Sunda Islands (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
correctly. The Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Sunda Kecil, Tetum: Illá Sunda ki'ik sirá, Balinese: ᬓᬧᬸᬮᭀᬯᬦ᭄ᬲᬸᬦ᭄ᬤᬘᬾᬦᬶᬓ᭄, romanized: Kapuloan...
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Municipalities of Timor-Leste (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
Timor-Leste is divided into 14 municipalities (Portuguese: municípios, Tetum: munisípiu), which are former districts. One municipality is also a Special...
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Prime Minister of Timor-Leste (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
(Portuguese: Primeiro-Ministro da República Democrática de Timor-Leste; Tetum: Primeiru-Ministru Republika Demokratika Timor-Leste) is the head of government...
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Ñ (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
Mapudungun, Mandinka, Papiamento, and Tetum alphabets, as well as in Latin transliteration of Tocharian and many Indian languages, where it represents [ɲ] or [nʲ]...
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President of Timor-Leste (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
Leste (Portuguese: Presidente da República Democrática de Timor-Leste; Tetum: Prezidente Republika Demokratika Timor-Leste) is the head of state of the...
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List of newspapers in Timor-Leste (category CS1 Indonesian-language sources (id))
concentrated in Dili, the capital, and are mostly published in the Tetum language, with English, Indonesian, and Portuguese also appearing in print. Jornal...
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List of hospitals in Timor-Leste (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
Timor-Leste has one national hospital, Guido Valadares National Hospital (HNGV), located in the capital, Dili,: 28 and five other referral hospitals covering...
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Sari (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
Pali, ಸೀರೆ or sīre in Kannada and which evolved to sāṛī in modern Indian languages. The word śāṭika is mentioned as describing women's dharmic attire in...
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Democratic Republic of East Timor (1975) (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
de Timor-Leste, Tetum: Repúblika Demokrátika de Timór-Lorosa'e), or simply East Timor or Timor-Leste (Portuguese: Timor-Leste, Tetum: Timór-Lorosa'e)...
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Oecusse Airport (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional Oé-cusse Ambeno Rota do Sândalo, Tetum: Aeroportu Internasional Oé-Cusse Ambeno Rota do Sândalo), and formerly...
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East Timor (province) (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
the Indonesian translation of "East Timor". The use of the Portuguese language was then forbidden, as it was seen as a relic of colonisation. The annexation...
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Portuguese-speaking world (category CS1 European Portuguese-language sources (pt-pt))
lost in competition with the local language after becoming a Dutch colony in 18th century. The local Tetum language has been heavily influenced by Portuguese...
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Oecusse (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
Oecusse, also known as Oecusse-Ambeno (Portuguese: Oé-Cusse Ambeno; Tetum: Oecussi Ambeno) and formerly just Ambeno, officially the Special Administrative...
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2023-06-20. Portuguese and Tetum are listed as official, English and Indonesian are listed as official working languages. Siemund, Peter; Al-Issa, Ahmad;...
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National Parliament of Timor-Leste (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
The National Parliament (Tetum: Parlamentu Nasionál, Portuguese: Parlamento Nacional) is the unicameral national legislature in Timor-Leste. It was created...
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Timor-Leste (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
the two official languages of Portuguese and Tetum. High ethnic and linguistic diversity is reflected by the 30 indigenous languages spoken in the country...
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dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold: internationally recognized sovereign states The 193 member...
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Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
The Constitutional Government (Portuguese: Governo Constitucional, Tetum: Governu Konstitusionál) is the administration or cabinet under the Constitution...
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List of legislatures by country (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
native language of the country (or the official name in the second-most used native language in cases where English is the majority "native" language). Assuming...
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