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Preferred term

tetTetum  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Tetum (also Tetun) is an Austronesian language, a national language and one of the two official languages of East Timor. It is also used in parts of West Timor that adjoin East Timor, particularly in Belu Regency. Some of its dialects have been greatly influenced by Portuguese, the other official language of the country, especially in their vocabulary, but also in aspects of their grammar.

Entry terms

  • Tetum language

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • tet

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • tet

ISO 639-3 code

  • tet

Notation

  • tet

In other languages

  • tetum

    French

  • Tétoum
  • Tetum

    German

  • Tetum-Sprache
  • tetum

    Italian

  • Lingua tetum
  • Portuguese

  • Língua tétum
  • tetún

    Spanish

  • Idioma tetun

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/tet

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