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Tetum language

Tetum (Tetun [??t??et??un??]; Indonesian: Bahasa Tetun; Portuguese: T??tum [??t??t??]) is an Austronesian language spoken on the island of Timor. It is one of the official languages of Timor-Leste and it is also spoken in Belu Regency and Malaka Regency, which form the eastern part of Indonesian West Timor adjoining Timor-Leste. There are two main forms of Tetum as a language: Tetum Terik, which is a more indigenous form of Tetum marked by different word choice, less foreign influence and other characteristics such as verb conjugation Tetum/n Prasa ('market Tetum', from the Portuguese word pra??a meaning 'town square') or Tetum/n Dili (given its widespread usage in the capital Dili). This...

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