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Language Comparison: Tetum vs Seychellois Creole
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Aspect | Tetum | Seychellois Creole |
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Family | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | French-based Creole |
Speakers | Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers) | Approximately 108,000 |
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 | Derived from French with significant influences from African languages, Malagasy, and English; simplified grammar and phonetic spelling |
Countries | Timor-Leste and Indonesia. | Seychelles (official language alongside English and French) |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, relies on word order and prepositions | No, uses word order and prepositions instead |
Derived From | Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence | 18th-century French, influenced by African and Malagasy languages |
Loanwords | From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic | From African languages, Malagasy, English, and French |
Dialects | Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety) | No significant dialectal variations, as it is the lingua franca of Seychelles |
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, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y, Z |
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