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Language Comparison: Tetum vs Santali Latin
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Aspect | Tetum | Santali Latin |
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Family | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | Austroasiatic, Munda |
Speakers | Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers) | Approximately 7.6 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 | An Austroasiatic language with a rich oral tradition, extensive use of affixes, and three main lexical tones |
Countries | Timor-Leste and Indonesia. | India (Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam), Bangladesh, and Nepal |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script (for some purposes), Ol Chiki script (native), Devanagari, Bengali, Oriya scripts |
Tonal | No | Yes, has three tones (high, mid, low) |
Grammatical Cases | No, relies on word order and prepositions | No strict cases, uses postpositions |
Derived From | Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence | Proto-Munda |
Loanwords | From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic | From Bengali, Hindi, and English |
Dialects | Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety) | Includes Northern Santali, Eastern Santali, and Southern Santali, with variations in phonology and vocabulary |
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 |
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