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Tentativas de estandardização ortográfica dos vocábulos de origem portuguesa em tétum-praça
Attempts of standardization of the spelling of the words of Portuguese origin in TetumPrasa

Author(s): Natalia Czopek
Subject(s): Language studies, Phonetics / Phonology, Lexis
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Tetum-Prasa; orthography; standardization; East Timor; phonemic;

Summary/Abstract: In this paper we aim to put a few comments on the first attempts of standardization of the spelling of numerous words of Portuguese origin in Tetum-Prasa, followed by the literacy campaign organized by Fretilin after which, due to its growing importance as a language of resistance and writing, was elaborated the current phonemic model. The corpus of examples that we analyse is based on texts of scientific nature written in Tetum-Prasa.

  • Issue Year: 19/2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 207-216
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Portuguese