Tetum

However a comment [pt] reduced the extent of issues to two types of vision: the woman’s and the child’s, playing with the meaning of the Portuguese word for foetus (feto) and its homonym in Tetum meaning “woman”.

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Em Tetum a gravidez diz-se “isin rua” (literalmente traduzido significa “dois corpos”) o corpo da mae e o corpo do feto.

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ABS: I created the “korrespondensia literaria” entry on my Tetum blog in an attempt to convey to the outside readers the correspondence I have had with my fellow literary friends through SMS.

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Another interesting comment [pt] related to the particularities of the Tetum language states:

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Timor-LesteTetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian, English note: there are about 16 indigenous languages; Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by significant numbers of people

Languages 2008

Languages: Tetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian, English note: there are about 16 indigenous languages; Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by significant numbers of people

Timor-Leste 2008

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 58.6% male: NA% female: NA% (2002) GovernmentCountry name: conventional long form: Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste conventional short form: Timor-Leste local long form: Republika Demokratika Timor Lorosa'e [Tetum]; Republica Democratica de Timor-Leste [Portuguese] local short form: Timor Lorosa'e [Tetum]; Timor-Leste [Portuguese] former: East Timor, Portuguese Timor

Timor-Leste 2008

But the 'protectorate' mindset certainly wants easier access to East Timorese resources, greater privileging of foreign investment and a shift in national language policy from Portuguese-Tetum to English-Tetum.

East Timor after Alkatiri: nation or protectorate? 2006

"I am Aygar, son of Graila and Tetum, maternal grandson of Berru and Bakkun, paternal grandson of Paskutti and Divisti."

Survivors McCaffrey, Anne 1984

Tetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian, English note: there are about 16 indigenous languages; Tetum, Galole,

The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency