TheTetum alphabet is used to writeTetum. It is based on theLatin alphabet and contains 24 letters:
| Majuscule Forms (also calleduppercase orcapital letters) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| A | B | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | Ñ | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Z |
| Minuscule Forms (also calledlowercase orsmall letters) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| a | b | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | ñ | o | p | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | z |
| International Phonetic Alphabet values | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| a | b | d | e | f | ɡ | h | i | ʒ | k | l | m | n | ɲ | o | p | ɾ | s | t | u | v | w | ʃ | z |
The letters are named:á, bé, dé, é, efe, ge, agá, í, jota, kapa, ele, eme, ene, ene ho til, ó, pé, erre, ese, té, ú, vé, vé-kaduak, xis, zé.
The accented lettersá,é,í,ó, andú are also used.
The letterW only occurs in some words of dialectal or foreign origin.
The lettersG,J,Ñ,P,V,X, andZ and the digraphsLL (ele-kaduak, /ʎ/) andRR (erre-kaduak, /r/) only occur in loanwords.
The lettersC (sé),Q (ké), andY (ípsilon) are not used in Tetum, except in foreign proper names and international symbols.
Theapostrophe (kapa-tatolan) is used to denoteglottal stop.
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