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Language Comparison: Alur vs Tetum
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| Aspect | Alur | Tetum |
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Family | Nilo-Saharan | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian |
Speakers | Approximately 2 million | Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers) |
Features | Spoken by the Alur people in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo | An Austronesian language with significant Portuguese influence, serving as one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste; simple grammar and shared vocabulary with Indonesian/Malay |
Countries | Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo | Timor-Leste and Indonesia. |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script |
Tonal | Yes, tonal language where pitch can affect meaning | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, but uses noun classes and verb conjugations to express grammatical relationships | No, relies on word order and prepositions |
Derived From | Part of the Western Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family | Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence |
Loanwords | From Swahili, English, and other local languages | From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic |
Dialects | Minor regional variations but largely mutually intelligible across Alur-speaking areas | Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety) |
Alphabets | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z |
Family
Alur
Nilo-Saharan
Tetum
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Speakers
Alur
Approximately 2 million
Tetum
Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers)
Features
Alur
Spoken by the Alur people in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tetum
An Austronesian language with significant Portuguese influence, serving as one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste; simple grammar and shared vocabulary with Indonesian/Malay
Countries
Alur
Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tetum
Timor-Leste and Indonesia.
Writing System
Alur
Latin script
Tetum
Latin script
Tonal
Alur
Yes, tonal language where pitch can affect meaning
Tetum
No
Grammatical Cases
Alur
No, but uses noun classes and verb conjugations to express grammatical relationships
Tetum
No, relies on word order and prepositions
Derived From
Alur
Part of the Western Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family
Tetum
Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence
Loanwords
Alur
From Swahili, English, and other local languages
Tetum
From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic
Dialects
Alur
Minor regional variations but largely mutually intelligible across Alur-speaking areas
Tetum
Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety)
Alphabets
Alur
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Tetum
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Language Facts:
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