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Ola
, my name is Leonardo and I prefer to be called Leo. In this
page I
would like present you my language which is called Tetun or
linguistically called Tetun-Prasa. Tetun-Prasa
is the language that is widely spoken in Timor-Leste. Mainly
it is the
language that is used to communicate for most people in the
capital,
Dili. Tetun-Prasa is Tetun based creole, and this language
adopted many
words from Portuguese and Indonesian. |
| Your name (first, last) |
Leonardo Germarno Tourinho de
Sousa Rosa |
| Contact Email | lgtdsr at hawaii dot edu |
| Preferred name(s) of your language | Tetun |
| Alternative names | Tetum (Portguese version), Tetum
Praca |
| Language classification | Tetun
based creole or Portuguese based creole |
| Geographical areas where spoken | Timor-Leste |
| Approximate number of monolingual speakers | 385,000 (2009) |
| Other languages spoken in the area/country | Makasae, Fataluku, Mambae, Kemak,
Bunak, Tokodede, Tetun-Terik, Galolen, Waima'a, Uaimua, etc |
| Official language(s) in your country | Portueguese and Tetun |
| Does your language have a
widely accepted writing system? |
Yes |
| If yes, what materials are
written? |
bible, novels, blogs,
dictionary, newspapers, media, etc |
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