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Tetun-Dili, or Tetun-Prasa (literally 'city Tetum'), is spoken in the capital, Dili, and its surroundings, in the north of the country. Because of its simpler grammar than other varieties of Tetun, extensive Portuguese loanwords, and supposed creole-like features, Ethnologue and some researchers classify it as a Tetun-based creole.
Timorese Portuguese is a legacy of Portuguese rule of Timor-Leste (called Portuguese Timor) from the 16th century.It had its first contact during the Portuguese discoveries of the East, but it was largely exposed to Portuguese Timor in the 18th century after its division from the rest of the island by the Netherlands.
Under Portuguese rule, all education was through the medium of Portuguese, [citation needed] although it coexisted with Tetum and other languages. Portuguese particularly influenced the dialect of Tetum spoken in the capital, Dili, known as Tetun Prasa, as opposed to the more traditional version spoken in rural areas, known as Tetun Terik.
Tetun Prasa is the official language of East Timor alongside Portuguese. In East Timor alone, over 432,766 people speak Tetum as their first language (2015). Of the different dialects, 361,027 East Timorese stated that Tetun Prasa is their mother tongue, 71,418 mentioned Tetun Terik, and 321 mentioned Nanaek (2015). [1]
Nain Feto, officially Nain Feto Administrative Post (Portuguese: Posto Administrativo de Nain Feto, Tetum: Postu administrativu Nain Feto), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Dili municipality, East Timor. [1] [2] Its seat or administrative centre is Gricenfor , [2] and its population at the 2004 census was 18,693.
Vera Cruz, officially Vera Cruz Administrative Post (Portuguese: Posto Administrativo de Vera Cruz, Tetum: Postu administrativu Vera Cruz), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Dili municipality, East Timor.
The word Viqueque is a Portuguese approximation of the local Tetun-Terik word Vikeke (or Wekeke), which has been translated as both 'eroding water' [3] and 'water' (we) 'bracelet' (keke). [ 4 ] The background to the latter translation is that a warrior leader, Luka, is said once to have been on a campaign with his warriors against the Wehali ...
Oecusse, [a] also known as Oecusse-Ambeno (Portuguese: Oé-Cusse Ambeno; Tetum: Oecussi Ambeno) and formerly just Ambeno, officially the Special Administrative Region Oecusse-Ambeno (Portuguese: Região Administrativa Especial Oé-Cusse Ambeno), is an exclave, municipality (formerly a district) and the only special administrative region (SAR) of East Timor.