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Tetum (Tetun [ˈt̪et̪un̪]; Indonesian: Bahasa Tetun; Portuguese: Tétum) [3] is an Austronesian language spoken on the island of Timor.It is one of the official languages of Timor-Leste and it is also spoken in Belu Regency and Malaka Regency, which form the eastern part of Indonesian West Timor adjoining Timor-Leste.
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]
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 ...
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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.
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Maucatar, officially Maucatar Administrative Post (Portuguese: Posto Administrativo de Maucatar, Tetum: Postu administrativu Maukatar), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Cova Lima municipality, East Timor. [1] [2] Its seat or administrative centre is Ogues , [2] and its population at the 2004 census was 5,876. [3]
Aileu is the main township in Aileu District, East Timor.It is located 47 km (29 mi) southwest of Dili, the national capital, and had a population of 2,788 in 2015. [1] In Portuguese Timor, the city was known as Vila General Carmona, after the Portuguese dictator António Óscar Carmona, but after World War II it was renamed.