Distribution of Tetum Prasa mother-tongue speakers in East Timor
Tetum /ˈtɛtʊm/, also Tetun, 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. In East Timor a creolized form, Tetun Dili, is widely spoken fluently as a second language; without previous contact, Tetum and Tetun Dili are not mutually intelligible.
, mostly in Indonesia
Widespread in East Timor as L2
Lia-Tetun
Latin
Tetun Prasa
Tétum Praça
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Tetum
Tetum /ˈtɛtʊm/, also Tetun, 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. In East Timor a creolized form, Tetun Dili, is widely spoken fluently as a second language; without previous contact, Tetum and Tetun Dili are not mutually intelligible. Besides the grammatical simplification involved in creolization, Tetun Dili has been greatly influenced by the vocabulary of Portuguese, the other official language of East Timor.
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Tetumic
creole
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Belunese
Distribution in East Timor of Tetum Belu and Tetum Terik . The majority of Tetun speakers, who live in West Timor, are not shown.
Tetum language
Tetun Dili
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Indonesia
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Terik
Tetun-based creole
Austronesian