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Tetum language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tetum (also written as Tetun) is an Austronesian language, and one of its forms, Tetum- Praca, is one of the national languages of East Timor. Tetum Prasa arose as a contact language in the 16th century after colonization by Portugal. The Tetum spoken by East Timorese migrants in Portugal and Australia is more Portuguese-influenced, as many of those speakers were not educated in Indonesian. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tetum   (1099 words)

Lingua Franca - 09/02/2002: Teach yourself Tetum... Tetum is the lingua franca of East Timor and has been declared both the national language and one of the two official languages. John Hajek: Tetum actually predated Portuguese; it was the language of the most powerful kingdom of the island, so knowledge of the language was important. John Hajek: Tetum was actually used in the Catholic school system in early grades from the late 1980s, and through the Sisters of Mary McKillop who gave a lot of help to the Catholic church, but only in the Catholic system and only in the Dili area and only for a couple of years. www.abc.net.au /rn/arts/ling/stories/s476770.htm   (2257 words)

Tetum Information Center - tetum As Tetum did not receive any official recognition or promotion under either Portuguese or Indonesian rule, it is only recently that a standardised orthography has been established by the National Institute of Linguistics (INL). Consequently, senhor or 'mister' in Portuguese is to be written as señór in Tetum, and trabalhador or 'hard-working' as traballadór. In fact, the Tetum pronunication of these letter combinations are closer to 'yl' and 'yn', hence senhor in Portuguese is prounced as 'sey-nor' in Tetum, and trabalhador as 'trabayla-dor'. www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_T_-_Z/Tetum.html   (994 words)

Economist: East Timor: Dili-Dallying Over Language Portuguese is not very different from Tetum in terms of its sounds, grammar and vocabulary, so it should be relatively easy for the Timorese to learn, and it is being introduced into primary schools. As the language of the royal rulers in the 16th century, Tetum became dominant on the island. Portuguese and Tetum are also challenged by the use of English and Bahasa as languages of trade. www.etan.org /et2002c/july/14-20/18ilang.htm   (438 words)

DAVID HICKS - My Works Tetum Ghosts and Kin: Fertility and Gender in East Timor. When it appeared in 1976 Tetum Ghosts and Kin was the first description of any traditional community in East Timor,one half of an island lying to the north of Australia in the Malay archipelago, written by a professional anthropologist. Like Tetum Ghosts and Kin this book deals with the social life of the Tetum people living in the region of Viqueque in Portuguese Timor, but its emphasis is upon the oral tradition and the role women play in the rituals of birth and marriage. members.authorsguild.net /dhicks/works.htm   (1248 words)

Timorlink Tetum Language Lessons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Tetum is the most predominant indigenous language in East Timor. The speakers of Tetum and Tetum Dili are estimated at about 350,000, many of which reside in West Timor. Tetum is the language of the Dili market and the majority of East Timorese. home.vicnet.net.au /~timorlk/tetum.html   (351 words)

East Timor Grapples With Languages Also recognized as a national tongue will be the most widely spoken indigenous language, Tetum, which is related to native languages spoken on many islands in the Pacific, including Hawaii. Lobatto is concerned that Tetum, which as yet lacks a standardized written form, will lose out to Portuguese. Tetum is already the most widely used language in the parliament, and some linguists say Tetum stands to benefit from the promotion of Portuguese because it shares some of its vocabulary and grammar. www.etan.org /et2002b/may/12-18/14etgrap.htm   (1204 words)

REGIONAL AFFAIRS: Why East Timor chose Portuguese - 22 September 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Since Tetum was for them an acquired language, the Portuguese-speakers naturally tended to simplify it for use as a rough contact language or lingua franca. It was this form of Tetum, then, that the Catholic missionaries later spread throughout the colony, and so closely was Tetum-Praça linked with Christianity that it was dubbed a língua dos baptizados "the language of the baptised". Because of a turbulent recent history and the general neglect of Timorese studies to date, restoring Portuguese, developing Tetum, providing the people with linguistic and educational resources in all their languages, and controlling the presence of the two ancillary/utilitarian languages (Malay-Indonesian and English) will be among the nation's many challenges of the 21st Century. www.newsweekly.com.au /articles/2001sep22_easttimor.html   (1841 words)

The Tetum Project Tetan, Tetum) is the common "market place" language of the people of Timor Leste (East Timor). The Tetun Translation Project aspires to be a nexus for interface translation, documentation, utilities and other information to do with Tetun and Free /Open Source Software. Tetum, Bahasa Indonesia, Portuguese and English (as a utility language). www.gnu.org /software/tetum   (396 words)

Releasing Body and Soul: Double Burial Among the Tetum - David Hicks He has written and translated six books on anthropology, the most recent of which is Cultural Anthropology, coauthored with Margaret A. Gwynne. The deceased's lengthy presence in soul form is interpreted in Tetum religion as a gradual but progressive weakening of kinship ties as he becomes increasingly "more dead." Kinsfolk provide rice and palm wine to sustain the deceased-as-soul while he awaits his final interment. One result of this belief is that death lacks the finality westerners attribute to it. www.worldandi.com /specialreport/1996/March/Sa15027.htm   (258 words)

Tetum Translation Service - English to Tetum Translation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Central Timor corridor from the north to the south coasts, east of Atoni, west of Bunak (in Batagude) around Batibo and in from the south coast around Viqueque and Soibada. You probably don't speak Tetum yourself, so there are a few questions you'll need to consider when choosing a translation company. To ensure our translators keep abreast of the language our Tetum translators live in-county and translate into their mother tongue. www.appliedlanguage.com /languages/tetum_translation.shtml   (549 words)

Bairo Pite Clinic Tetun (or Tetum) is spoken by most people in Dili and the surrounding region. Portuguese is the official language but more people speak Indonesian, which can be very useful in areas where Tetun is not spoken. Tetum Language Manual for East Timor by Geoffrey Hull published by the Academy of East Timor studies. bairopiteclinic.tripod.com /tetum.htm   (608 words)

TIMOR - LANGUAGE IDENTITY ESTABLISH, FADE UNDER /// The chatter at Dili's central marketplace is in Tetum - a local dialect spoken by the vast majority of East Timorese. Roughly half the vocabulary is Portuguese, while the grammar structure most closely resembles that of Indonesia's national language Bohasa -- both reminders of colonial powers that East Timor fought for decades to escape. In deference to the Church in predominantly Catholic East Timor, Portuguese has been declared the "official language" -- while Tetum stands a shade-of-grey away as the "national language." English -- the language of international trade -- comes in third, as the foreign language students should be expected to learn. www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2000/07/000707-timor1.htm   (702 words)

Learn Tetum Online - Write or Speak in Tetum Language Exchange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Learn Tetum online by practicing with a native speaker who is learning your language. Language exchange learning is also inexpensive because we provide free tips and conversation lesson plans that allow you to do a language exchange on your own. The type of exchange that is right for you depends on your proficiency level in Tetum and your learning goals. www.mylanguageexchange.com /Learn/Tetum.asp   (934 words)

Hicks - Tetum Ghosts and Kin Incorporated into this complex of ideas regarding life, fertility, gender, and death, are two recreational institutions, cockfighting and kick-fighting, which Dr. Hicks argues are ritualized manifestations of fertility and infertility respectively, as well as gendered aspects of the sacred (lulik) and secular (sau) worlds. In addition to contributing to the comparative study of ritual and indigenous notions of reproduction, the second edition of Tetum Ghosts and Kin: Fertility and Gender in East Timor, provides an ethnographic portrait of village life among a people whose traditions were about to be abruptly devastated by war and conquest. In a summary retrospect he outlines the events that overtook the East Timorese between the time of his first period of fieldwork and East Timor’s becoming a nation on May 20, 2002, and concludes with a brief description of the present condition of Caraubalo. www.waveland.com /Titles/Hicks.htm   (275 words)

Portuguese language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) The language has largely changed in these communities and has evolved through the centuries into several Portuguese creoles, Some still exist today, after hundreds of years in isolation. Also, a considerable number of words of Portuguese origin are found in Tetum. 50pxPortuguese is also one of the official languages of East Timor (with Tetum) and Macau (with Chinese). portuguese-language.iqnaut.net   (3773 words)

Tetum Translation Project - Summary [Savannah] This project is part of the GNU Project. Tetun (aka Tetum) is the common language of the people of Timor Leste (East Timor). Any thing that meets that selection criteria will be considered for inclusion. savannah.gnu.org /projects/tetum   (311 words)

Tetum Translation Project - 0: The Morris Dictionary [Savannah] Tetum Translation Project - 0: The Morris Dictionary [Savannah] Tetum Translation Project - 0: The Morris Dictionary Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. savannah.gnu.org /forum/forum.php?forum_id=2723   (231 words)

Find in a Library: Tetum ghosts & kin : fertility and gender in East Timor Find in a Library: Tetum ghosts & kin : fertility and gender in East Timor Tetum ghosts & kin : fertility and gender in East Timor WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries. worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/6b2e1d7b96aae018a19afeb4da09e526.html   (89 words)

Tetum Language Partners - Online Language Exchange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Click on a name for more information or to contact the member. you might can help me, and i can help you with tetum (East-Timor, national language) and Bahasa Indonesia. Feel free to drop me a line if you are interesting. www.mylanguageexchange.com /Search.asp?selX3=103&selX13=true   (461 words)

Tetum World Test Collie is recognized as the smartest breed of dogs in the world, bar none... you how many people complimented Laura's show last year," said Glenn Tetum, AHG Board... The page you attempted to access does not exist on this site. www.iaswww.com /ODP/Test/World/Tetum   (53 words)

TETUM LANGUAGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) IHA EMA NE'EBE KO'ALIA TETUM IHA NE'E KA LAE? I have seen other topics about this language before on this site. The tetum language (lian tetum) comes from East Timor (Timor loro sae). www.phrasebase.com /forum/read.php?TID=6375&page=1   (171 words)

Links to Timor Leste Language Resources This page gives a simple listing of links to Tetum (and other) language resources, or pages that may be of interest to the visitor to Timor Leste. We would be very happy to add similar links to this page. This may well be the largest single Tetum Language resource onlineDownload the Complete Morris Dictionary (It would be great to be proved wrong :) www.gnu.org /software/tetum/contributors/tetum-links.html   (107 words)

Free Translation from/to Tetum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Our team of translators is here to help you! Click here to contact a translator in Tetum, or ask your question in our Forum! Tetum Free Human Translation by Volunteers - Tetum Help Forum www.freelang.net /translation/languages/tetum.html   (44 words)

Tetum Ghosts & Kin by David Hicks at Smarter.com Tetum Ghosts & Kin by David Hicks at Smarter.com Home > Books > Fiction Themes > Literary Genres and Types Of Novels Fiction Books > Tetum Ghosts and Kin Please let us know by filling out a simple form... www.smarter.com /tetum_ghosts_kin---pd--ch-1--pi-1673588.html   (129 words)

Tetum Travel Phrases Tetun / Tetum is used on parts of Timor Island, which is politically divided between Indonesia and Timor-Leste (East Timor). Alternate names for Tetun include Tetum, Tettum, Teto, Tetu, Tetung, Belu, Belo, Fehan, and Tetun Belu Do you have a language or dialect to add? www.travelphrases.info /languages/Tetum.htm   (45 words)

OHCHR: E-Mail Tetum - Universal Declaration of Human Rights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) OHCHR: E-Mail Tetum - Universal Declaration of Human Rights Enter the email address and name of a friend or colleague in the following form to send them a copy of the Tetum version of Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Remember to add your own email address, and an explanatory note, then click "Send". www.unhchr.ch /udhr/lang/ttm_email.htm   (53 words)

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