Tet

Also Known As: Tettum,Tetung,Belo,Tetu,Tetum,Teto,Fehan,Tetun Belu,Belu,Tetun Description: Tetum (also Tetun) is an Austronesian language, a national 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, especially in their vocabulary, but also in aspects of their grammar. Tetum has four dialects: Tetun-Belu and Tetun-Terik are not spoken or well understood outside their home territories. Tetun-Prasa is the form of Tetum that is spoken throughout East Timor. Although Portuguese was the official language of Portuguese Timor until 1975, Tetun-Prasa has always been the predominant lingua franca in the eastern part of the island. In the fifteenth century, before the arrival of the Portuguese, Tetum had spread through central and eastern Timor as a contact language under the aegis of the Belunese-speaking Kingdom of Wehali, at that time the most powerful kingdom in the island. The Portuguese (present in Timor from c. 1556) made most of their settlements in the west, where Dawan was spoken, and it was not until 1769, when the capital was moved from Lifau (Oecussi) to Dili that they began to promote Tetum as an inter-regional language in their colony. Timor was..... full article at Wikipedia Location of Tetun Language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/tet/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png Rosetta Document Collection Universal Declaration Of Human Rights: 1 (download) (browse) Vernacular Text: 1 (download) (browse)

Overview Main Country: Indonesia Spoken In: Regions: Asia ISO 639-3 Code: tet Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Austronesian Group     Malayo-Polynesian Group       Central-Eastern Group         Central Malayo-Polynesian Group           Timor Group             Nuclear Timor Group               East Nuclear Timor Group                 Tetun Language