The language situation in Timor-Leste
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Article Title | The language situation in Timor-Leste |
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ERA Journal ID | 22151 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Taylor-Leech, Kerry |
Journal Title | Current Issues in Language Planning |
Journal Citation | 10 (1), pp. 1-68 |
Number of Pages | 68 |
Year | 2009 |
Place of Publication | Abingdon, Oxon. United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1466-4208 |
1747-7506 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/14664200802339840 |
Abstract | Timor-Leste celebrated its formal political independence on 20th May 2002. The National Constitution of the new nation declared the endogenous lingua franca (Tetum) and the former colonial language (Portuguese) to be co-official. The remaining local languages were given the status of national languages. Indonesian and English were designated as working languages ‘for as long as is deemed necessary’. In this monograph, I consider the origins and implications of these constitutional provisions. The paper consists of five parts. 1. A social and economic profile of the polity. This section also discusses migration, communications and the media in relation to language policy and practice. I advocate a rights-oriented approach to language management, arguing that in the absence of such an approach, ad hoc power relationships between languages will |
Keywords | Timor Leste; language policy; language practices; literacy; multilingualism; diglossia; official languages; national languages |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440712. Social policy |
470312. Indonesian languages | |
470411. Sociolinguistics | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Macquarie University |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9z90y/the-language-situation-in-timor-leste
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