Tetum
E32226
Tetum is an Austronesian language and one of the official languages of Timor-Leste, widely used in government, education, and daily communication.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tetun Dili | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
language ⓘ official language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Timoric languages ⓘ |
| coOfficialLanguageWith |
Portuguese language
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese
|
| country | Timor-Leste ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tetun language
ⓘ
surface form:
Tetum Dili
Tetun language ⓘ
surface form:
Tetun
|
| hasDomain |
education policy of Timor-Leste
ⓘ
public signage in Timor-Leste ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | five-vowel system (a, e, i, o, u) ⓘ |
| hasRegulatingBody | Instituto Nacional de Linguística (Timor-Leste) ⓘ |
| hasScript | Roman alphabet ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Tetun language
ⓘ
surface form:
Tetun Belu
Tetum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tetun Dili
Tetun language ⓘ
surface form:
Tetun Prasa
Tetun language ⓘ
surface form:
Tetun Terik
|
| hasWritingStandard | official orthography of Timor-Leste ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Indonesian
ⓘ
Malay ⓘ Portuguese language ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese
|
| ISO639-1Code | tet ⓘ |
| ISO639-2Code | tet ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | tet ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| lexicalBorrowingFrom |
Indonesian
ⓘ
Malay ⓘ Portuguese language ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese
|
| macrolanguageOf |
Tetun Dili
ⓘ
Tetun language ⓘ
surface form:
Tetun Terik
|
| officialLanguageOf | Timor-Leste ⓘ |
| primaryUseCommunity |
Timorese people
ⓘ
surface form:
Tetum people
population of Timor-Leste ⓘ |
| region |
Timor
ⓘ
surface form:
Island of Timor
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Timor-Leste
ⓘ
Timor ⓘ
surface form:
West Timor (Indonesia)
|
| status | national language of Timor-Leste ⓘ |
| subfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca in Timor-Leste ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administration in Timor-Leste
ⓘ
parliamentary proceedings in Timor-Leste ⓘ religious services in Timor-Leste ⓘ |
| usedIn |
daily communication in Timor-Leste
ⓘ
education in Timor-Leste ⓘ Timor-Leste ⓘ
surface form:
government of Timor-Leste
mass media in Timor-Leste ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tetun Dili
subject surface form:
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão
subject surface form:
Xanana Gusmão