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Language Comparison: Makassar vs Tetum
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| Aspect | Makassar | Tetum |
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Family | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian |
Speakers | Approximately 2.1 million | Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers) |
Features | Agglutinative language with extensive use of affixes to indicate grammatical relationships and meaning. | An Austronesian language with significant Portuguese influence, serving as one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste; simple grammar and shared vocabulary with Indonesian/Malay |
Countries | Indonesia (primarily in South Sulawesi, especially in Makassar City and surrounding areas) | Timor-Leste and Indonesia. |
Writing System | Latin script (modern use), Lontara script (traditional use) | Latin script |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses prepositions and affixes to indicate grammatical relationships | No, relies on word order and prepositions |
Derived From | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence |
Loanwords | From Arabic, Portuguese, Malay, and Dutch | From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic |
Dialects | Includes dialectal variations such as Turatea, Konjo, and Selayar | Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety) |
Alphabets | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, NG, NY, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z |
Family
Makassar
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Tetum
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Speakers
Makassar
Approximately 2.1 million
Tetum
Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers)
Features
Makassar
Agglutinative language with extensive use of affixes to indicate grammatical relationships and meaning.
Tetum
An Austronesian language with significant Portuguese influence, serving as one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste; simple grammar and shared vocabulary with Indonesian/Malay
Countries
Makassar
Indonesia (primarily in South Sulawesi, especially in Makassar City and surrounding areas)
Tetum
Timor-Leste and Indonesia.
Writing System
Makassar
Latin script (modern use), Lontara script (traditional use)
Tetum
Latin script
Tonal
Makassar
No
Tetum
No
Grammatical Cases
Makassar
No, uses prepositions and affixes to indicate grammatical relationships
Tetum
No, relies on word order and prepositions
Derived From
Makassar
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Tetum
Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence
Loanwords
Makassar
From Arabic, Portuguese, Malay, and Dutch
Tetum
From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic
Dialects
Makassar
Includes dialectal variations such as Turatea, Konjo, and Selayar
Tetum
Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety)
Alphabets
Makassar
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, NG, NY, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Tetum
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Language Facts:
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