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