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Language Comparison: Tetum vs Swati
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| Aspect | Tetum | Swati |
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Family | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | Niger-Congo, Bantu |
Speakers | Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers) | Approximately 4.7 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 Bantu language with rich noun class systems, agglutinative grammar, and click consonants; closely related to Zulu and other Nguni languages |
Countries | Timor-Leste and Indonesia. | Eswatini (official), South Africa (recognized regional language) |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script |
Tonal | No | Yes, tones distinguish meaning |
Grammatical Cases | No, relies on word order and prepositions | No, uses noun classes and concord systems |
Derived From | Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence | Proto-Bantu, part of the Nguni subgroup |
Loanwords | From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic | From English, Afrikaans, and Zulu |
Dialects | Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety) | Includes regional variations in Eswatini and South Africa, but generally mutually intelligible |
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, Bh, C, Ch, D, E, F, G, H, Hl, I, K, Kh, L, M, N, Nc, Nd, Ng, O, P, Ph, Q, S, Sh, Sw, T, Th, Ts, Tsh, U, V, W, X, Y, Z |
Family
Tetum
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Swati
Niger-Congo, Bantu
Speakers
Tetum
Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers)
Swati
Approximately 4.7 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
Swati
A Bantu language with rich noun class systems, agglutinative grammar, and click consonants; closely related to Zulu and other Nguni languages
Countries
Tetum
Timor-Leste and Indonesia.
Swati
Eswatini (official), South Africa (recognized regional language)
Writing System
Tetum
Latin script
Swati
Latin script
Tonal
Tetum
No
Swati
Yes, tones distinguish meaning
Grammatical Cases
Tetum
No, relies on word order and prepositions
Swati
No, uses noun classes and concord systems
Derived From
Tetum
Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence
Swati
Proto-Bantu, part of the Nguni subgroup
Loanwords
Tetum
From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic
Swati
From English, Afrikaans, and Zulu
Dialects
Tetum
Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety)
Swati
Includes regional variations in Eswatini and South Africa, but generally mutually intelligible
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
Swati
A, B, Bh, C, Ch, D, E, F, G, H, Hl, I, K, Kh, L, M, N, Nc, Nd, Ng, O, P, Ph, Q, S, Sh, Sw, T, Th, Ts, Tsh, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Language Facts:
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