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Tetum (Sprache)
Tetum may refer to: * Tetum language, an Austronesian language ** Tetum alphabet The Tetum alphabet is used to write Tetum. It is based on the Latin alphabet and contains 24 letters: The accented letters '' á'', '' é'', '' í'', '' ó'', and '' ú'' are also used. The letter ''W'' only occurs in some words of dialectal or ..., used to write the Tetum language * Tetum people, an ethnic group of East Timor and Indonesia {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetum Language
, nativename=Tetun , states= Indonesia East Timor , speakers=, mostly in Indonesia , date=2010–2011 , ref=e18 , speakers2=50,000 L2-speakers in Indonesia and East Timor , familycolor=Austronesian , fam2=Malayo-Polynesian , fam3= Central–Eastern , fam4= Timor–Babar , fam5=Tetumic , dia1=Belunese (''Tetun Belu'') , dia2=Terik (''Tetun Terik'') , nation= , minority= (East Nusa Tenggara) , iso2=tet , iso3=tet , glotto=tetu1245 , glottorefname=Tetum , map=Tetum Terik.png , mapcaption=Distribution in East Timor of ''Tetum Belu'' (west) and ''Tetum Terik'' (southeast). The majority of Tetun speakers, who live in West Timor, are not shown. , nativename=''Tetun Dili, Tetun Prasa'' , states=East Timor , speakers= , date=2009 , ref= , speakers2 = L2: in East Timor , familycolor=Austronesian , fam2=Malayo-Polynesian , fam3= Central–Eastern , fam4= Timoric , fam5=Oceanic , fam6=Tetumic , dia1=Belunese (''Tetun Belu'') , dia2=Terik (''Tetun Terik'') , script=Latin ( Tetum alphabet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetum Alphabet
The Tetum alphabet is used to write Tetum. It is based on the Latin alphabet and contains 24 letters: The accented letters '' á'', '' é'', '' í'', '' ó'', and '' ú'' are also used. The letter ''W'' only occurs in some words of dialectal or foreign origin. The letters ''G'', ''J'', ''Ñ'', ''P'', ''V'', ''X'', and ''Z'' and the digraphs ''LL'' and ''RR'' only occur in loanwords. The letters ''C'', ''Q'', and ''Y'' are not used in Tetum, except in foreign proper names and international symbols. The apostrophe is used to denote glottal stop The glottal plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages, produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract or, more precisely, the glottis. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents thi .... External linksThe standard orthography of the Tetum language(PDF) Latin alphabets Tetum language {{latin-script-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetum People
The Tetum, also known as Tetun or Belu in Indonesia, are an ethnic group that are the indigenous inhabitants of the island of Timor. This ethnic group inhabits the Belu Regency in Indonesia and most of East Timor. Their language is called Tetum, which is part of the Austronesian language family. Apart from the island of Timor, this ethnic group is also found in Jakarta, Indonesia. Origins Among the Tetum Terik of Viqueque, it is believed that the first humans emerged from two orfices or vaginas, "Mahuma" and "Lequi Bui", emerging on the ground by climbing sacred tendrils. Therefore, among the Tetum Terik, the door of the house is traditionally referred to as the vagina and the inside is called WOMB, the women's room. According to their beliefs, the Tetum Terik universe, which is divided into the underworld and the upper world, is connected through a woman's vagina. The lower or sacred world is defined as feminine, dominated by women, while the secular and masculine upper w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
