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Language Comparison: Tetum vs Jawi
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| Aspect | Tetum | Jawi |
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Family | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | Arabic script derivative |
Speakers | Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers) | Used by speakers of Malay and related Austronesian languages |
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 | An Arabic script adapted for writing the Malay language and several other languages in Southeast Asia, incorporates additional letters to accommodate phonemes not present in Arabic |
Countries | Timor-Leste and Indonesia. | Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, and southern Thailand |
Writing System | Latin script | Extended Arabic script |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, relies on word order and prepositions | No, Malay as written in Jawi follows the grammatical structure of standard Malay |
Derived From | Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence | Arabic script, with modifications to represent the sounds of Malay |
Loanwords | From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic | From Arabic, Sanskrit, Portuguese, Dutch, and English |
Dialects | Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety) | Used across various dialects of Malay and related languages, with local variations in usage and additional letters for regional sounds |
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 | ا (‘alif), ب (ba), ت (ta), ث (tha), ج (jim), ح (ha), خ (kha), د (dal), ذ (dhal), ر (ra), ز (zai), س (sin), ش (shin), ص (sad), ض (dad), ط (ta), ظ (dha), ع (‘ain), غ (ghain), ف (fa), ق (qaf), ك (kaf), ل (lam), م (mim), ن (nun), و (wau), ه (ha), ي (ya) |
Family
Tetum
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Jawi
Arabic script derivative
Speakers
Tetum
Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers)
Jawi
Used by speakers of Malay and related Austronesian languages
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
Jawi
An Arabic script adapted for writing the Malay language and several other languages in Southeast Asia, incorporates additional letters to accommodate phonemes not present in Arabic
Countries
Tetum
Timor-Leste and Indonesia.
Jawi
Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, and southern Thailand
Writing System
Tetum
Latin script
Jawi
Extended Arabic script
Tonal
Tetum
No
Jawi
No
Grammatical Cases
Tetum
No, relies on word order and prepositions
Jawi
No, Malay as written in Jawi follows the grammatical structure of standard Malay
Derived From
Tetum
Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence
Jawi
Arabic script, with modifications to represent the sounds of Malay
Loanwords
Tetum
From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic
Jawi
From Arabic, Sanskrit, Portuguese, Dutch, and English
Dialects
Tetum
Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety)
Jawi
Used across various dialects of Malay and related languages, with local variations in usage and additional letters for regional sounds
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
Jawi
ا (‘alif), ب (ba), ت (ta), ث (tha), ج (jim), ح (ha), خ (kha), د (dal), ذ (dhal), ر (ra), ز (zai), س (sin), ش (shin), ص (sad), ض (dad), ط (ta), ظ (dha), ع (‘ain), غ (ghain), ف (fa), ق (qaf), ك (kaf), ل (lam), م (mim), ن (nun), و (wau), ه (ha), ي (ya)
Language Facts:
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