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Language Comparison: Waray vs Tetum
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| Aspect | Waray | Tetum |
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Family | Austronesian | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian |
Speakers | Approximately 3.5 million | Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers) |
Features | Primarily spoken in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines | 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 |
Countries | Philippines | Timor-Leste and Indonesia. |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, but uses prepositions and a focus marker system | No, relies on word order and prepositions |
Derived From | Part of the Philippine branch of the Austronesian language family | Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence |
Loanwords | From Spanish, English, and other Philippine languages | From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic |
Dialects | Includes Northern Waray, Southern Waray, Samar Waray, and Leyte Waray | Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety) |
Alphabets | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, Ñ, Ng, 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 |
Family
Waray
Austronesian
Tetum
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Speakers
Waray
Approximately 3.5 million
Tetum
Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers)
Features
Waray
Primarily spoken in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines
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
Countries
Waray
Philippines
Tetum
Timor-Leste and Indonesia.
Writing System
Waray
Latin script
Tetum
Latin script
Tonal
Waray
No
Tetum
No
Grammatical Cases
Waray
No, but uses prepositions and a focus marker system
Tetum
No, relies on word order and prepositions
Derived From
Waray
Part of the Philippine branch of the Austronesian language family
Tetum
Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence
Loanwords
Waray
From Spanish, English, and other Philippine languages
Tetum
From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic
Dialects
Waray
Includes Northern Waray, Southern Waray, Samar Waray, and Leyte Waray
Tetum
Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety)
Alphabets
Waray
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, Ñ, Ng, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
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
Language Facts:
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