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Language Comparison: Tetum vs Shan
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| Aspect | Tetum | Shan |
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Family | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | Tai-Kadai |
Speakers | Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers) | Approximately 3-4 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 tonal language closely related to Thai and Lao, known for its simpler grammar and extensive use of classifiers |
Countries | Timor-Leste and Indonesia. | Myanmar (primarily in Shan State), with smaller communities in Thailand and China |
Writing System | Latin script | Shan script (derived from Burmese script) |
Tonal | No | Yes, typically 5-6 tones depending on the dialect |
Grammatical Cases | No, relies on word order and prepositions | No, uses word order and particles |
Derived From | Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence | Proto-Tai |
Loanwords | From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic | From Burmese, Pali, and Thai |
Dialects | Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety) | Includes Tai Long, Tai Mao, and Tai Khuen, with variations in pronunciation 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 | ၵ, ၶ, င, ၸ, ၹ, ၺ, ၻ, ၼ, ၽ, ၾ, ၿ, ႀ, ႁ, ႂ, ႃ, ႄ, ႅ, ႆ, ႇ, ႈ, ႉ, ႊ, ၷ, ႋ |
Family
Tetum
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Shan
Tai-Kadai
Speakers
Tetum
Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers)
Shan
Approximately 3-4 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
Shan
A tonal language closely related to Thai and Lao, known for its simpler grammar and extensive use of classifiers
Countries
Tetum
Timor-Leste and Indonesia.
Shan
Myanmar (primarily in Shan State), with smaller communities in Thailand and China
Writing System
Tetum
Latin script
Shan
Shan script (derived from Burmese script)
Tonal
Tetum
No
Shan
Yes, typically 5-6 tones depending on the dialect
Grammatical Cases
Tetum
No, relies on word order and prepositions
Shan
No, uses word order and particles
Derived From
Tetum
Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence
Shan
Proto-Tai
Loanwords
Tetum
From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic
Shan
From Burmese, Pali, and Thai
Dialects
Tetum
Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety)
Shan
Includes Tai Long, Tai Mao, and Tai Khuen, with variations in pronunciation and vocabulary
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
Shan
ၵ, ၶ, င, ၸ, ၹ, ၺ, ၻ, ၼ, ၽ, ၾ, ၿ, ႀ, ႁ, ႂ, ႃ, ႄ, ႅ, ႆ, ႇ, ႈ, ႉ, ႊ, ၷ, ႋ
Language Facts:
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