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Lian Timor-Leste Nian / As Linguas de Timor-Leste / The Languages of Timor-Leste (some e-links and resources)


Courtesy of CARE Timor-Leste/Revista LAFAEK

QUER APRENDER TÉTUM? | DO YOU WANT TO LEARN TETUM?

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Finding Common Ground Between Four Languages in Timor-Leste. A very interesting short film presentation on the commonalities in the dominant languages in use in Timor-Leste by Ken Westmoreland.
URL: http://www.blip.tv/file/2096000
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Kompetisaun Hakerek Istoria / Short Story Competition:
URL: http://istoria-timor.blogspot.com/2010/04/istoria-timor-2010-iha-nee_09.html

A selection of texts, including some children's literature, in the Tetum Language:

Lian Inan / Lingua Materna / Mother Tongue

Photo @ Language in Education Working Group Launch - 28 April, 2010
Mother tongue based multilingual education seems the way forward in Pakistan, where diverse ethnic identities lag behind in the rat race in which rats know no language but English 

Língua e Educação em Timor-Leste / Lian no Edukasaun iha Timor-Leste / Language and Education in Timor-Leste

Image @ Global Education Project