德顿语(Tetun,葡语、英语等作Tetum)是东帝汶的国家语言,主要基于南岛语系,亦有很多来自葡萄牙语的词汇。在葡萄牙统治东帝汶时,虽然葡萄牙语是官方语言,但德顿语作为交际语使用。在印度尼西亚占领东帝汶,成为其第27个省后,葡萄牙语被禁止使用,但是,天主教會并没有采用印尼语而转用德顿语,故此,德顿语成为东帝汶的文化和国家认同。
外部链接
- [http://laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au/~leccles/easttimor.html Sebastião Aparício da Silva Project for the Protection and Promotion of East Timorese Languages]
- [http://www.shlrc.mq.edu.au/~leccles/index.html National Institute of Linguistics, National University of East Timor]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040420081929/http://vcsymposium.massey.ac.nz/presenters/presentations/Newman/www/Tetun/home.html Grammar]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060402215143/http://suaratimorlorosae.com/ Suara Timor Lorosae Daily newspaper in Tetum and Indonesian]
- [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tet Ethnologue report for Tetum]
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