Ethnologue classifies Tetun Terik as a dialect of Tetun. However, without previous contact, Tetun Dili is not immediately mutually intelligible, mainly because of the large number of Portuguese origin words used in Tetun Dili. Besides some grammatical simplification, Tetun Dili has been greatly influenced by the vocabulary and to a small extent by the grammar of Portuguese, the other official language of East Timor.
ethnologue classifies tetun terik as a dialect of tetun however without previous contact tetun dili is not immediately mutually intelligible mainly because of the large number of portuguese origin words used in tetun dili besides some grammatical simplification tetun dili has bee?n greatly influenced by the vocabulary and to a small extent by the grammar of portuguese the other official language of east timor