He spoke with great passion in Tetum, but what was most amazing to me was the response of the people.

Of these languages, the most widely spoken is Tetum.

Pray for us as we continue to learn Tetum and Indonesian.

However, many speak Tetum, the main indigenous language.

Ruak's nickname means two sharp eyes in a dialect of the country's Tetum language.

About 60 percent of the population speaks Tetun (which is sometimes called Tetum).

In Tetum, reduplication is used to turn adjectives into superlatives.

Trials are required to be conducted in Portuguese and Tetum.

I don't have any plan to resign early,' he told East Timor's national television and radio, speaking in the local tetum language.

Then the duty was assumed by Berru and from him fell to my father, Tetum.

That has left it tongue-tied: Tetum, the main vernacular, is seen as insufficiently developed for official use.

Allow the teaching of the Tetum and Portuguese languages in schools and universities.

The new government restored Portuguese as an official language along with Tetum, an indigenous language.

Late last year Ruak, whose name means "piercing eyes" in the local Tetum language, resigned as defence chief to run for president.

The local language is Tetum.

The local dialect is Galoli though Tetum is widely known.

I then lectured in English with the aid of an interpreter who spoke in Tetum - the national language.

In its native habitats (two large but mutually isolated areas), Tetum was less susceptible to Portuguese influence.

Fataluku is a Papuan language widely used in the eastern part of the country (often more so than Tetum).

CNRT supported, he said, Tetum as the eventual national language.

East Timor's two official languages are Portuguese and Tetum.

Belu means friend in Tetum.

However, the quality of translation provided in court varied widely, and translations to Tetum were often incomplete summaries.

Conversely, the influence of New Guinean languages on Tetum has been negligible.

My choice of the Portuguese spelling Tetum, the traditional form of the language name in English, is deliberate.