Timor-Leste’s language policy : the boulder on the shoe

• Main Author: Savage, Victor R.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93897; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7927
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Timor-Leste has chosen Portuguese as its official language of government, though Tetum remains the other official language. This language policy, a return to its colonial heritage, has future implications for the state’s development and geopolitical relations in the region.