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Language Comparison: Tetum vs Madurese
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| Aspect | Tetum | Madurese |
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Family | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian |
Speakers | Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers) | Approximately 13.5 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 | A language with distinct phonetic features, such as a reduced vowel inventory and a preference for glottal stops; it exhibits a high degree of mutual unintelligibility with Javanese despite geographic proximity. |
Countries | Timor-Leste and Indonesia. | Indonesia (primarily on Madura Island and in parts of East Java, including Surabaya and surrounding areas) |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script (modern use), previously Javanese and Pegon scripts (Arabic-derived script) |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, relies on word order and prepositions | No, uses prepositions and affixes to mark relationships |
Derived From | Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian |
Loanwords | From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic | From Javanese, Sanskrit, Arabic, and Dutch |
Dialects | Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety) | Includes Bangkalan, Sumenep, and Pamekasan dialects, with significant lexical and phonological differences |
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, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, W, Y, Z |
Family
Tetum
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Madurese
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Speakers
Tetum
Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers)
Madurese
Approximately 13.5 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
Madurese
A language with distinct phonetic features, such as a reduced vowel inventory and a preference for glottal stops; it exhibits a high degree of mutual unintelligibility with Javanese despite geographic proximity.
Countries
Tetum
Timor-Leste and Indonesia.
Madurese
Indonesia (primarily on Madura Island and in parts of East Java, including Surabaya and surrounding areas)
Writing System
Tetum
Latin script
Madurese
Latin script (modern use), previously Javanese and Pegon scripts (Arabic-derived script)
Tonal
Tetum
No
Madurese
No
Grammatical Cases
Tetum
No, relies on word order and prepositions
Madurese
No, uses prepositions and affixes to mark relationships
Derived From
Tetum
Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence
Madurese
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Loanwords
Tetum
From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic
Madurese
From Javanese, Sanskrit, Arabic, and Dutch
Dialects
Tetum
Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety)
Madurese
Includes Bangkalan, Sumenep, and Pamekasan dialects, with significant lexical and phonological differences
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
Madurese
A, B, C, D, E, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, W, Y, Z
Language Facts:
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