Timor-Leste’s language policy : Tetum, Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesia or English?

• Main Author: Jose Ramos-Horta
• 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/10356/94990; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8445
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Timor-Leste’s language policy positions Tetum and Portuguese as official languages while making Indonesian and English as working languages. A recent article in RSIS Commentaries misses the open-mindedness and pragmatism behind the policy.