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	Languages of East Timor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The lingua franca and national language of East Timor is Tetum, which is a Malayo-Polynesian language influenced by Portuguese, with which it has equal status as an official language.
		The Indonesian language, or Bahasa Indonesia, has ceased to be an official language, although it, along with English, has the status of a 'working language' under the Constitution.
		For many older East Timorese, the Indonesian language has negative connotations with the Suharto regime, but many younger people have expressed suspicion or hostility to the reinstatement of Portuguese, which they see as a 'colonial language' in much the same way that Indonesians saw Dutch.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Languages_of_East_Timor (586 words)

	East Timor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It consists of the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecussi-Ambeno, an exclave of East Timor situated on the northwestern side of the island, surrounded by Indonesian West Timor.
		Indonesian rule in East Timor was marked by extreme violence and brutality, two of the worst examples of this being the Dili massacre and the Liquiçá Church Massacre.
		East Timor is a member of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), also known as the Lusophone Commonwealth, and a member of the Latin Union.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/East_Timor (2894 words)

	Historical background on East Timor
		East Timor was once the farthest of the Portuguese colonies, it lies in the longitude of 123°E and latitude of 9°S. Australia is less than 600km south of East Timor, where such proximity allows many East Timorese from the eastern highlands, eg.
		East Timor is mostly mountainous with plains occupying the the shore lines.
		The territory of East Timor is comprised of the former Portuguese Timor: the eastern half of the island of Timor, the enclave of Oecusse inside West Timor (Indonesian Timor), the island of Atauro, about 20km north of Dili and the islet of Jaco at the eastern tip of Timor.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/Senate/7112/00_history_of_easttimor.htm (350 words)

	East Timor
		East Timor is an extremely poor territory, with two-thirds to three-fourths of the population of 775,000 persons engaged in subsistence agriculture.
		In East Timor, arbitrary detention of persons suspected of proindependence sympathies by prointegration militia groups was a continuing problem in the months prior to and shortly after the September 1999 consultation.
		Indonesian law still in effect in East Timor prohibits forced labor; however, during the year, local leaders informally required a number of returnees accused of involvement in the post-consultation destruction of September 1999 to engage in compulsory labor as a means of punishing them for their alleged offenses (see Section 1.c.).
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/eap/8300.htm (8947 words)

	East Timor Leste: Languages, Culture, Images (Timor Timur - Timor Lorosae) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A Course in Tetum-Praca (The Lingua Franca of East Timor)
		This paper is an attempt to disentangle the complex strands of multilingualism in East Timor, both historically and contemporarily, in terms of the relations of Portuguese, Indonesian, Tetum, and the indigenous local languages of East Timor.
		The outposts in Timor were established primarily to facilitate Portuguese access to the sandalwood trade, while their major fort, port, and religious seminary were located on the island of Solor and at Larantuka on the island of Flores further west.
	geo.ya.com /travelimages/timor/languages.html (3580 words)

	Languages of East Timor: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Fataluku is a papuan language spoken by approximately 30 000 people in eastern areas of east timor....
		The english language is a west germanic language that originated in england from old english (anglo-saxon), the language of the anglo-saxons of northern...
		Balibo is a town in east timor situated approximately 10km from the indonesian border....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/languages_of_east_timor.htm (1149 words)

	Lingua Franca - 03/07/2004: Languages in East Timor, Part 2...
		Two years after independence, the people of East Timor are trying to sort out the muddle of languages that's a legacy of the complicated history and politics of the place.
		Which of these languages any particular East Timorese person speaks, reads and writes depends a lot on which particular period of this history he or she grew up in and was educated in.
		When Timor gained its independence after a quarter century of political struggle, the National Council of Timorese Resistance decided that there would be two official languages in Timor: Portuguese and Tetum.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/arts/ling/stories/s1144109.htm (1797 words)

	East Timor Grapples With Languages
		East Timor's current leaders decided on Portuguese because of an emotional attachment to the language, which they used during the country's resistance to Indonesian rule.
		On a remote mountain road in East Timor, a child sitting on a tree trunk manages to say "good-bye" or "good afternoon" in Portuguese, a language that is now being taught all over the territory, but with very slow progress.
		Timor`s children are having their first contacts with Portuguese (estimated to be spoken by between 10 and 15 percent of Timorese), under a program which has brought teachers from the ex- colonial power to work with locally recruited staff.
	www.etan.org /et2002b/may/12-18/14etgrap.htm (1204 words)

	Articles - East Timor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The definitive border was drawn by the Hague in 1916, and it remains the international boundary between the successor states East Timor and Indonesia.
		East Timor also has a large coffee industry, which if managed correctly can be fairly lucrative.
		The culture of East Timor reflects numerous cultural influences, including Portuguese, Roman Catholic and Malay, on the indigenous Austronesian cultures of Timor.
	www.worldhammock.com /articles/East_Timor (2447 words)

	Ethnologue report for East Timor
		The Kais Metan dialect is spoken in the Pantai Makasar and Oesilu districts.
		[kem] 50,000 in East Timor (1981 Wurm and Hattori).
		Timor Island, north coast, regions of Maubara and Liquisa from the banks of the Lois River to Dili.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=TL (897 words)

	Population - East Timor - Oceania: colony portugal, area island, catholicism religion, austronesian language, island ...
		East Timor had an estimated population of 859,700 in 1996, when it was still under Indonesian control.
		The estimated population of East Timor in 2001 was 830,000.
		Tetum and Portuguese are the official languages of East Timor.
	www.countriesquest.com /oceania/east_timor/population.htm (280 words)

	SSPXAsia.com: East Timor News Archive
		East Timor is an Asian state of some 800,000 inhabitants, 96% of whom are Catholic, a legacy of Portuguese colonialism.
		DILI, East Timor, MAY 6, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Tension in East Timor over the question of religious instruction in public schools is threatening to degenerate into disorder and open violence, reported Fides news agency.
		A typical sung Mass in East Timor is a mixture of Tetum, Portuguese and Gregorian chant in Latin.
	www.sspxasia.com /Countries/East_Timor/NewsArchive.htm (3416 words)

	[No title]
		First, some brief background on the history of East Timor: Portuguese outposts were established in East Timor in the mid-to- late 1500's, as part of the Portuguese attempt to gain control of the spice trade in Indonesia.
		Colonial control, such as it was, in East Timor was gradually extended throughout the 19th and 20th centuries -- coffee was introduced as a cash crop, for example, in 1815 -- and East Timor remained a Portuguese colony until 1975.
		In Indonesia, however, while Dutch was denigrated as the language of the colonialists, it was also the language -- or one of the languages -- of the Indonesian nationalist elite.
	www.uc.pt /timor/language.htm (2316 words)

	Dili, January 2002
		East Timorese Bishop Filipe Ximenes Belo of Dili was one of the three signatories of the letter.
		East Timor's Council of Ministers today endorsed a plan and methodology to translate all major UNTAET regulations and directives from English into Tetum and Portuguese, the planned official languages.
		East Timorese were trained as DEOs last week to run the other half, one of several efforts since the 30 August 2001 Constituent Assembly elections to increase local capacity in the electoral process.
	www.un.org /peace/etimor/DB/db290102.htm (782 words)

	Timorlink Tetum Language Lessons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		However it is not the only language spoken by East Timorese and linguistically East Timor could be described as being a complex diversity of related and unrelated languages and dialects.
		According to Indonesian government social welfare statistics of East Timor in 1995 60% of the population of East Timor speaks Bahasa Indonesia.
		It is considered inappropriate, however to be the official language of East Timor at this stage due to its unsophisticated nature.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~timorlk/tetum.html (351 words)

	TIMOR EAST
		West Timor and Flores are being overrun with the army and is being systematically destabilised.
		In addition the army command for East Timor, namely Korem 164 which was in Dili for over 20 years, is in the process of moving to Maumere (the original plan was Ende) a town of 40,000) on the north coast.
		Sept 1999 one East Timorese militia youth from Aitarak was seen in Kupang wearing a fl T shirt, with these words on the back - Timor Timur islamisasi 2000 (East Timor - Islamised by the year 2000).
	www.utopia.pcn.net /timor-i.html (5543 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- East Timor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Portuguese began to trade with the island of Timor in the early 16th century and colonized it in mid-century.
		East Timor declared itself independent from Portugal on 28 November 1975 and was invaded and occupied by Indonesian forces nine days later.
		Timor comes from the Malay word for "East"; the island of Timor is part of the Malay Archipelago and is the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/tt.html (1251 words)

	Time Line - East Timor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In 1993 he is convicted of subversion and is given a life sentence which is later reduced.
		A quarter of the population flees, mainly to West Timor.
		East Timor is to get 90% of the revenue which should amount to billions of dollars over the next twenty years.
	geo.ya.com /travelimages/timor/timor-timeline.html (745 words)

	Dave Owens in East Timor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		While many rural people only speak the language of their area, Tetun (tet toon) is the most common local language and would have to be the front runner for official language status.
		But while it is a practical solution to East Timor’s language dilemma, it is the language of oppression and many people won’t speak it unless all else fails.
		It is the language of the UN and having some English skills is a requirement to get a government job, or just about any job, for that matter.
	www.jobsletter.org.nz /dave/timorlet10.htm (1021 words)

	Chapter 1. LANGUAGES OF EAST TIMOR
		TETUN-TERIK, spoken in the north-west of East Timor and the north-east of West Timor.
		TETUN-BELU, spoken in the south-west of East Timor and the south-east of West Timor.
		This language is simpler in grammar than the other dialects and was regarded as the lingua franca in Portuguese times, but is now being challenged by Bahasa.
	www.gnu.org /software/tetum/contributors/cliffMorris-xhtml/ch01.html (519 words)

	Linguistic imperialism of Spanish in Brazil (page 8) \| Antimoon Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This language is only spoken in Europe: Portugal, The Azores, Island of Madeira; in the American Continent: in Brasil; in Asia: in Macau; In Africa: in the archipelago of Cape Verde, the Islands of Sao Tomé and Príncipe; and in the african continent in Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique.
		Furthermore she forgot to mention that Portuguese is also one of the official languages of East Timor.
		Furthermore she forgot to mention that Portuguese is also one of the official languages of East Timor= Furthermore she forgot to mention that Portuguese is also one of the official languages of East Timor.
	www.antimoon.com /forum/posts/6975-8.htm (1073 words)

	Fataluku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		East Timor is a new nation that gained independent in May 2002.
		Number of speaker: in East Timor, it is estimated that as much as 30,000 to 40,000 people speak the language which equal to around 5% of the population of the country.
		East Timor population recently, is estimated to be a little less than 1 million people.
	www.ling.hawaii.edu /~uhdoc/FatalukuWeb/Fataluku.html (477 words)

	East Timor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		East Timor is a rich country with virgin land and sea, but because of its violent history, very little development has taken place.
		As East Timor is such a mixture of languages, foreigners have problems being able to define the exact situation, and complications arise.
		We have qualified local and foreign staff with wide knowledge of all areas of East Timor, experienced in all facets of logistics, in order to safeguard and speed up your investments.
	www.geocities.com /gbouic/Easttimor (208 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		After an introdutory discription of the situation and limits of East Timor's composing territories, we begin with a brief history that comprises the prehistoric vestiges and a historiography regarding mainly the
		In respect to the land there are entries about geomorfology, geology, climate, flora and fauna, and finally natural resources with a call on the importance of petrol and coffee for the economy of an independent East Timor.
		Due to it, while Portuguese governor left East Timor, Indonesian interference increased and culminated with the invasion (December 1975), for which the posture of superpower USA and neighbour Australia is considered to have been important.
	www.uc.pt /timor/atop.html (320 words)

	National University of East Timor Library Project: Links: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The people of East Timor must be the ultimate decisionmakers in the reconstruction process.
		La'o Hamutuk seeks to facilitate greater levels of East Timorese participation in the reconstruction and development of the country and serve as a resource center on development issues.
		The site provides information on the languages of East Timor, accessing the INL Research Bulletin, permits for language projects in East Timor & information for foreign linguists contemplating field work in East Timor.
	www.untl.labor.net.au /links/alpha_index.html (224 words)

	Yiannis2000 East Timor Travel Page - VirtualTourist.com
		Timor Lorosae, as East Timor is called by its people, has recently declared its formal independence (20th of May 2002).
		Timor has not developed its infrastructure yet, its people are strugling to heal past wounds, but it offers amazing experiences to the determined travellers that reach it.
		Less than a million people inhabit the eastern half of the Timor island, that makes the country of East Timor.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/122cc/842 (357 words)

	East Timor Websites & Links
		East Timor, special issue of the New Internationalist (March 1994).
		Timor Gap Treaty with Indonesia and maps of the area can be found at the Australian Department of Industry, Science and Resources site.
		Retratu Timor Lorosae, Timor Aid presents a series of fl and white portraits of East Timorese by noted photographer Jon Lewis.
	www.etan.org /resource/websites.htm (3574 words)

	UH Documentation Project
		Tetum is one of official languages of
		The language belongs to the Austronesian family and is closely related to Tetum, Mambae and Tokodede.
		There is little documentation of this language and nothing is written in Kemak.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~matiasg (259 words)

	East Timor News, East Timor Weather and Links: QuickNews
		Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste: The Portuguese began to trade with the island of Timor in the early 16th century and colonized it in mid-century.
		A campaign of pacification followed over the next two decades, during which an estimated 100,000 to 250,000 individuals lost their lives.
		On 30 August 1999, in a UN-supervised popular referendum, the people of East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia.
	news.quickfound.net /intl/east_timor_news.html (311 words)

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