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Language Comparison: Tetum vs English
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| Aspect | Tetum | English |
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Family | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | Indo-European |
Speakers | Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers) | Approximately 1.5 billion (including second-language speakers) |
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 | Global lingua franca, originating from the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England |
Countries | Timor-Leste and Indonesia. | United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many others |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, relies on word order and prepositions | No |
Derived From | Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence | Old English, influenced by Old Norse and Norman French |
Loanwords | From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic | From Latin, French, Norse, and many other languages |
Dialects | Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety) | Includes American English, British English, Australian English, Indian English, etc. |
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
English
Indo-European
Speakers
Tetum
Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers)
English
Approximately 1.5 billion (including second-language speakers)
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
English
Global lingua franca, originating from the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England
Countries
Tetum
Timor-Leste and Indonesia.
English
United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many others
Writing System
Tetum
Latin script
English
Latin script
Tonal
Tetum
No
English
No
Grammatical Cases
Tetum
No, relies on word order and prepositions
English
No
Derived From
Tetum
Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence
English
Old English, influenced by Old Norse and Norman French
Loanwords
Tetum
From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic
English
From Latin, French, Norse, and many other languages
Dialects
Tetum
Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety)
English
Includes American English, British English, Australian English, Indian English, etc.
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
English
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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