Tetum

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Tetum is an Austronesian language and one of the official languages of Timor-Leste, widely used in government, education, and daily communication.

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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.

Atauro hasLanguage Tetum
Dili hasOfficialLanguage Tetum
Tetum hasVariant Tetum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tetun Dili
Kay Rala languageSpoken Tetum
subject surface form: Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão
Xanana nativeLanguage Tetum
subject surface form: Xanana Gusmão