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, Ã, jota, kapa, ele, eme, ene, ene ho til, ó, pé, erre, ese, té, ú, vé, vé-kaduak, xis, zé.
The accented letters á, é, Ã, 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 and RR only occur in loanwords.
The letters C, Q, and Y are not used in Tetum, except in foreign proper names and international symbols.
The apostrophe is used to denote glottal stop.