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Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Tetum

SOURCE

United Nations Development Programme, Timor Leste

Tetum
Language Profile

 

TOTAL SPEAKERS

600,000 (1991)

USAGE BY COUNTRY (OFFICIAL LANGUAGE)

Home Speakers: East Timor, Indonesia

BACKGROUND

Tetum is the most widely spoken language in East Timor and has been developed from an oral tradition to a written form.