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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
East Timor's two official languages are Portuguese and Tetum. In addition, English and Indonesian are designated by the constitution as "working languages". The 2015 census found that the most commonly spoken mother tongues were Tetum Prasa (mother tongue for 30.6% of the population), Mambai (16.6%), Makasai (10.5%), Tetum Terik (6.05%), Baikenu (5.87%), Kemak (5.85%), Bunak (5.48%), Tokodede (3.97%), and Fataluku (3.52%). Other indigenous languages accounted for 10.47%, while 1.09% of the population spoke foreign languages natively. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetum_language '''Tetum'''] - two main forms of Tetum are Tetum Terik and Tetum/n Prasa or Tetum/n Dili | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language '''Portuguese'''] - | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_language '''Indonesian'''] - | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mambai_language_(Timor) '''Mambai'''] - also known as Mambae or Manbae. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makasae_language '''Makasae'''] - also known as Makassai, Macassai, Ma'asae, Makasai. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uab_Meto_language '''Baikenu'''] - variant of Uab Meto or Dawan. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemak_language '''Kemak'''] - also known as Ema. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokodede_language '''Tokodede'''] - also known as Tukude, Tocodede, Tokodé, and Tocod. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fataluku_language '''Fataluku'''] - also known as Dagaga, Dagoda', Dagada | |||
==Word List(s)== | ==Word List(s)== | ||