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Language Comparison: Tetum vs Kannada
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| Aspect | Tetum | Kannada |
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Family | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | Dravidian |
Speakers | Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers) | Approximately 44 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 | A Dravidian language known for its rich literary tradition, distinct phonemic inventory, and agglutinative grammar structure; primarily spoken in the southwestern Indian state of Karnataka |
Countries | Timor-Leste and Indonesia. | India (primarily in Karnataka), with Kannada-speaking communities in the UAE, the United States, and other diaspora locations |
Writing System | Latin script | Kannada script |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, relies on word order and prepositions | Yes, Kannada has eight cases, including nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, and instrumental |
Derived From | Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence | Old Kannada, with historical roots in Proto-Dravidian |
Loanwords | From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic | From Sanskrit, Tamil, Marathi, and English |
Dialects | Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety) | Includes several regional dialects like Mysore Kannada, Dharwad Kannada, Havyaka, and Kundagannada, each with distinct vocabulary and pronunciation variations |
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 | ಅ, ಆ, ಇ, ಈ, ಉ, ಊ, ಋ, ಎ, ಏ, ಐ, ಒ, ಓ, ಔ, ಕ, ಖ, ಗ, ಘ, ಙ, ಚ, ಛ, ಜ, ಝ, ಞ, ಟ, ಠ, ಡ, ಢ, ಣ, ತ, ಥ, ದ, ಧ, ನ, ಪ, ಫ, ಬ, ಭ, ಮ, ಯ, ರ, ಲ, ವ, ಶ, ಷ, ಸ, ಹ, ಳ, ಕ್ಷ, ಜ್ಞ |
Family
Tetum
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Kannada
Dravidian
Speakers
Tetum
Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers)
Kannada
Approximately 44 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
Kannada
A Dravidian language known for its rich literary tradition, distinct phonemic inventory, and agglutinative grammar structure; primarily spoken in the southwestern Indian state of Karnataka
Countries
Tetum
Timor-Leste and Indonesia.
Kannada
India (primarily in Karnataka), with Kannada-speaking communities in the UAE, the United States, and other diaspora locations
Writing System
Tetum
Latin script
Kannada
Kannada script
Tonal
Tetum
No
Kannada
No
Grammatical Cases
Tetum
No, relies on word order and prepositions
Kannada
Yes, Kannada has eight cases, including nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, and instrumental
Derived From
Tetum
Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence
Kannada
Old Kannada, with historical roots in Proto-Dravidian
Loanwords
Tetum
From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic
Kannada
From Sanskrit, Tamil, Marathi, and English
Dialects
Tetum
Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety)
Kannada
Includes several regional dialects like Mysore Kannada, Dharwad Kannada, Havyaka, and Kundagannada, each with distinct vocabulary and pronunciation variations
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
Kannada
ಅ, ಆ, ಇ, ಈ, ಉ, ಊ, ಋ, ಎ, ಏ, ಐ, ಒ, ಓ, ಔ, ಕ, ಖ, ಗ, ಘ, ಙ, ಚ, ಛ, ಜ, ಝ, ಞ, ಟ, ಠ, ಡ, ಢ, ಣ, ತ, ಥ, ದ, ಧ, ನ, ಪ, ಫ, ಬ, ಭ, ಮ, ಯ, ರ, ಲ, ವ, ಶ, ಷ, ಸ, ಹ, ಳ, ಕ್ಷ, ಜ್ಞ
Language Facts:
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