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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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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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...
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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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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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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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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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Lesser Sunda Islands (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
The Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Sunda Kecil, Tetum: Illá Sunda ki'ik sirá, Balinese: Kapuloan Sunda cénik), now known as Nusa Tenggara...
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Prime Minister of East Timor (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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East Timor (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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Municipalities of East Timor (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
East Timor is divided into 14 municipalities (Portuguese: municípios, Tetum: munisípiu), which are former districts. One municipality is also a Special...
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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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President of East Timor (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
Timor (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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Baucau Municipality (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
Baucau (Portuguese: Município Baucau, Tetum: Munisípiu Baukau) is a municipality, and was formerly a district, of East Timor, on the northern coast in...
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Bobonaro Municipality (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
The word Bobonaro is said to be a Portuguese approximation of the Tetum language word Buburnaru, which means 'tall eucalypt'. However, there are also...
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Pátria (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
It was originally sung exclusively in Portuguese, however there is now a Tetum version. The infraconstitutional officialization and the forms of ceremony...
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Spanish and French) co-official with Tetum; 51,800 L1 speakers as of 2007) Guines-Bissau does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese...
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Savu Sea (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
Sea (or the Sawu Sea) (Indonesian: Laut Sawu, Portuguese: Mar de Savu, Tetum: Tasi Savu) is a small sea within Indonesia named for the island of Savu...
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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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Manatuto Municipality (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
local Tetum and Galoli language word Manatutu, which means 'pecking birds'. According to another source, the word is a portmanteau of the Tetum words...
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Manufahi Municipality (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
name of the municipality, Manufahi, is derived from Maun Fahe, the Tetum language expression for 'divided brothers'. The name originated in a legend that...
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National Parliament (East Timor) (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
The National Parliament (Tetum: Parlamentu Nasionál, Portuguese: Parlamento Nacional) is the unicameral national legislature in East Timor. It was created...
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East Timor centavo coins (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
centavo coins Centavo de Timor-Leste (Portuguese) Doit Timór-Leste nian (Tetum) Several East Timorese coins. Denominations Superunit 100 United States...
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Demographics of East Timor (section Languages)
(constitutionally defined as a 'working language'). Note: There are a total of about 16 indigenous languages, of which Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken...
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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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Far East (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
along the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean. Many European languages have analogous terms, such as the French (Extrême-Orient), Spanish (Extremo...
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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) Cynthia (Dee) Carter DeFelice, 72 Deloford Mark Donan Gormley Jean-Marc...
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Dili Municipality (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
Papuan language, of which Bunak is an example, was spoken in the Dili area before the spread of the Austronesian-based Mambai and Tetum languages. Another...
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Democratic Republic of East Timor (1975) (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
Republic of East Timor (Portuguese: República Democrática de Timor-Leste, Tetum: Repúblika Demokrátika de Timór-Lorosa'e), was a state that was unilaterally...
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Pante Macassar (category Articles containing Tetum-language text)
Pante Macassar (Portuguese: Pante Macassar, Tetum: Pante-Makassár, Indonesian: Pante Makassar) is a city in the Pante Macassar administrative post on...
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