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Tetum – The East Timor language

Tetum is spoken in East Timor, where it has been an official language since 2002, when East Timor became an independent country. Tetum is spoken alongside Portuguese, which is also an official language. Tetum is also spoken in West Timor. Approximately 800,000 people speak this language. Tetum is also written as Tetun. A creolized form of Tetum, Tetun Dili is also spoken in East Timor. Tetun Dili is not mutually intelligible with Tetum. Tetun Dili has been greatly influenced by [...]

Tetum (also Tetun) is an Austronesian language, and one of the two official languages of East Timor. Some of its dialects have been greatly influenced by Portuguese, the other official language of the country. It has about 450,000 speakers.

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Word list information

This dictionary was made by Renato B. Figueiredo.

Tetum > English: 2,567 words
English > Tetum: 2,144 words

Last update: March 21, 2014
First upload: August 4, 2007

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