tet

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tet is the ISO 639-1 language code for Tetum, an Austronesian language spoken primarily in East Timor.

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tet canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
language
alternativeName Tetun
linked to: Tetun language
closelyRelatedTo Galoli language
Mambai language
Tokodede language
coOfficialWith Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
countryWhereMajoritySpeakersLive East Timor
linked to: Timor-Leste
hasDialects Tetun Belu
linked to: Tetun language

Tetun Dili
linked to: Tetum

Tetun Prasa
linked to: Tetun language

Tetun Terik
linked to: Tetun language
hasGlottocode tetu1245
hasISO639-1Code tet
hasISO639-2Code tet
hasISO639-3Code tet
hasLinguasphereCode 31-EEF-d
hasMorphologicalType moderately analytic language
hasNativeName Tetun
linked to: Tetun language
hasOfficialStatusIn East Timor
linked to: Timor-Leste
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system (a, e, i, o, u)
hasSignificantLoanwordsFrom Indonesian language
linked to: Indonesian

Malay language
linked to: Malay

Portuguese language
hasStatus national language of East Timor
influencedBy Indonesian language
linked to: Indonesian

Malay language
linked to: Malay

Portuguese language
ISOStandard ISO 639-1
linked to: ISO 639

ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageGroup Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
primaryUse lingua franca in East Timor
region Southeast Asia
island of Timor
regulatingBody Instituto Nacional de Linguística (East Timor)
scriptDirection left-to-right
spokenIn East Timor
linked to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste
typologicalFeature SVO word order
usedAs liturgical language in East Timor
usedIn education in East Timor
government in East Timor
media in East Timor
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Tetum ISO639-1Code tet