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Language Comparison: Tetum vs Alur
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| Aspect | Tetum | Alur |
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Family | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | Nilo-Saharan |
Speakers | Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers) | Approximately 2 million |
Features | 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 | Spoken by the Alur people in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Countries | Timor-Leste and Indonesia. | Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script |
Tonal | No | Yes, tonal language where pitch can affect meaning |
Grammatical Cases | No, relies on word order and prepositions | No, but uses noun classes and verb conjugations to express grammatical relationships |
Derived From | Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence | Part of the Western Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family |
Loanwords | From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic | From Swahili, English, and other local languages |
Dialects | Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety) | Minor regional variations but largely mutually intelligible across Alur-speaking areas |
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
Tetum
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Alur
Nilo-Saharan
Speakers
Tetum
Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers)
Alur
Approximately 2 million
Features
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
Alur
Spoken by the Alur people in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Countries
Tetum
Timor-Leste and Indonesia.
Alur
Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Writing System
Tetum
Latin script
Alur
Latin script
Tonal
Tetum
No
Alur
Yes, tonal language where pitch can affect meaning
Grammatical Cases
Tetum
No, relies on word order and prepositions
Alur
No, but uses noun classes and verb conjugations to express grammatical relationships
Derived From
Tetum
Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence
Alur
Part of the Western Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family
Loanwords
Tetum
From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic
Alur
From Swahili, English, and other local languages
Dialects
Tetum
Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety)
Alur
Minor regional variations but largely mutually intelligible across Alur-speaking areas
Alphabets
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
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
Language Facts:
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