Tetun

TET

developing

Alternate Names: Belo, Belu, Fehan, Teto, Tettum, Tetu, Tetum, Tetun Belu, Tetung

Dialects: Eastern Tetun (Lakluta, Natarbora, Soibada, Tetun Loos, Tetun Los, Tetun Terik), Northern Tetun (Belu Utara, Foho, Hill Tetun, Lia Foho, North Belu, Tasi Feto, Tetun Terik, Tetun Therik), Southern Tetun (Belu Selatan, Fehan, Lia Fehan, Plains Tetun, South Belu, South Tetun, Tasi Mane).

Status Notes: De facto language of provincial identity in portions of Timor Island, East Nusa Tenggara province.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Timor-Babar
Nuclear Timor

Demographics: 400,000 in Indonesia (2011). Population total all countries: 463,500. L2 users: Additional 50,000 L2 speakers in both East Timor and Indonesia.

Language Use: Used as L2 by Bunak [bfn].

Language Development: Poetry. New media. Radio programs. TV. Videos. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2013.

Spoken In: East Timor

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Different language from Tetun Dili ,. Christian, traditional religion.