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Tetum of East Timor

Photo source: Franc Le Blanc

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
154,000	Tetun	Christianity	99.00 %	3.00 %	Not available		3.1

Tetum of East Timor

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Location in Country:

Western East Timor, south coast from Suai to Viqueque. East of Atoni, west of Bunak (in Batagude) around Batibo, and in from the south coast around Viqueque and Soibada
(Source: Ethnologue 2010)

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People Name in Country:

Tetum

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Alternate People Names:

Belu	Eastern Tetum
Timorese	West Tetum

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Population in Country:

154,000

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Ethnicity

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AON09e

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Language

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Primary Language:

(154,000 Speakers)

tet

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Religion Sub-division:

Roman Catholic

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	99.00 %	(Evangelical: 3.00 %)
Ethnic Religions	1.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	0.00 %
Independent	0.00 %
Protestant	2.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	98.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

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3.1

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

2004

New Testament:

None Reported

Complete Bible:

None Reported

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Global Recordings
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Tetun
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
Scripture	The Seed Company Translation Project

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