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Direct linkWilliams-van Klinken, Catharina – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2004
As an official language of newly-independent East Timor, the public role of Tetun has increased markedly since 1999. Its use is, however, hampered by a shortage of agreed, well-understood, technical terminology. This paper reports on a project by the Independent Electoral Commission and the United Nations Development Programme to develop a…
Descriptors: Nouns, Syntax, Official Languages, Foreign Countries
