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Language Comparison: Mam vs Tetum
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| Aspect | Mam | Tetum |
|---|---|---|
Family | Mayan | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian |
Speakers | Approximately 500,000 | Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers) |
Features | Agglutinative language with a complex system of prefixes and suffixes, ergative-absolutive alignment, and glottalized consonants. | 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 | Guatemala (primarily in the western highlands, including Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Quetzaltenango), and parts of Mexico | Timor-Leste and Indonesia. |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script |
Tonal | No, but uses glottalization and vowel length to differentiate meaning | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, relies on word order and affixes for grammatical relationships | No, relies on word order and prepositions |
Derived From | Proto-Mayan | Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence |
Loanwords | From Spanish | From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic |
Dialects | Includes Northern Mam, Southern Mam, and Western Mam, with significant regional variation | Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety) |
Alphabets | A, B, C, CH, E, I, J, K, K', L, M, N, O, P, Q, Q', R, S, T, T', TX, TX', U, W, X, Y' | 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
Mam
Mayan
Tetum
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Speakers
Mam
Approximately 500,000
Tetum
Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers)
Features
Mam
Agglutinative language with a complex system of prefixes and suffixes, ergative-absolutive alignment, and glottalized consonants.
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
Mam
Guatemala (primarily in the western highlands, including Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Quetzaltenango), and parts of Mexico
Tetum
Timor-Leste and Indonesia.
Writing System
Mam
Latin script
Tetum
Latin script
Tonal
Mam
No, but uses glottalization and vowel length to differentiate meaning
Tetum
No
Grammatical Cases
Mam
No, relies on word order and affixes for grammatical relationships
Tetum
No, relies on word order and prepositions
Derived From
Mam
Proto-Mayan
Tetum
Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence
Loanwords
Mam
From Spanish
Tetum
From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic
Dialects
Mam
Includes Northern Mam, Southern Mam, and Western Mam, with significant regional variation
Tetum
Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety)
Alphabets
Mam
A, B, C, CH, E, I, J, K, K', L, M, N, O, P, Q, Q', R, S, T, T', TX, TX', U, W, X, Y'
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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