Tetum alphabet

The Tetum alphabet is used to write Tetum. It is based on the Latin alphabet and contains 24 letters:

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 letters á, é, í, ó, and ú are also used.

The letter W only occurs in some words of dialectal or foreign origin.

The letters G, J, Ñ, P, V, X, and Z and the digraphs LL (ele-kaduak, //) and RR (erre-kaduak, //) only occur in loanwords.

The letters C (sé), Q (ké), and Y (ípsilon) are not used in Tetum, except in foreign proper names and international symbols.

The apostrophe (kapa-tatolan) is used to denote glottal stop.