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Language Comparison: Tetum vs Acholi
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| Aspect | Tetum | Acholi |
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Family | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | Nilo-Saharan |
Speakers | Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers) | Approximately 1.5 million |
Features | 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 | Spoken by the Acholi people in the Northern region of Uganda and parts of South Sudan |
Countries | Timor-Leste and Indonesia. | Uganda, South Sudan |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script |
Tonal | No | Yes, tonal language with variations in pitch affecting meaning |
Grammatical Cases | No, relies on word order and prepositions | No, but uses noun classes |
Derived From | Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence | Part of the Western Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family |
Loanwords | From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic | From Arabic, English, and other local languages |
Dialects | Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety) | Minor variations across different Acholi-speaking regions |
Alphabets | 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 | 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
Tetum
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Acholi
Nilo-Saharan
Speakers
Tetum
Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers)
Acholi
Approximately 1.5 million
Features
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
Acholi
Spoken by the Acholi people in the Northern region of Uganda and parts of South Sudan
Countries
Tetum
Timor-Leste and Indonesia.
Acholi
Uganda, South Sudan
Writing System
Tetum
Latin script
Acholi
Latin script
Tonal
Tetum
No
Acholi
Yes, tonal language with variations in pitch affecting meaning
Grammatical Cases
Tetum
No, relies on word order and prepositions
Acholi
No, but uses noun classes
Derived From
Tetum
Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence
Acholi
Part of the Western Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family
Loanwords
Tetum
From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic
Acholi
From Arabic, English, and other local languages
Dialects
Tetum
Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety)
Acholi
Minor variations across different Acholi-speaking regions
Alphabets
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
Acholi
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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