BFSU LANGUAGE ENTRY
087 / 101Tetum
TetunAt BFSU, Tetum is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.
Timor-Leste
- NATIVE NAME
- Tetun
- WRITING SYSTEM
- Latin script
- AT BFSU
- One of 101 languages
LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD
See where Tetum connects communities.
LANGUAGE REACH
Tetum is spoken across 1 country and territory.
No. 85 of 101 languages · No. 90 by territory count
Oceania
01Timor-Leste
From daily conversation in Timor-Leste to education, literature and media, Tetum carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.
Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.
AT BFSU
A language opens a wider view of the world.
BFSU places Tetum within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.
The language is commonly written in Latin script; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.
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