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TTN translates from German, French, English and Italian into Tetum – and vice versa. Specialised translators who are native speakers, quality assurance according to ISO 17100, a quote in three clicks.
About Tetum
- Native name
- Tetun
- ISO code
- ISO 639-3: tet
- Language family
- Austronesian › Western Malayo-Polynesian
- Script
- Latin
- Native speakers
- 0.5 million
- Second-language speakers
- 0.4 million
- Official language in
- Timor-Leste
- Also spoken in
- Indonesia
Official language
Also spoken
Tetum is official in Timor-Leste alongside Portuguese and serves as the country's lingua franca. Its vocabulary has absorbed many Portuguese words. Source: Wikipedia / Ethnologue, 2025
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