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What is the languages spoken in East Timor, plus their percentages?

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What is the languages spoken in East Timor, plus their percentages?

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East Timor’s two official languages are Portuguese, and Tetum, which belongs to the Austronesian family of languages spoken throughout South East Asia.[39] The predominant form of Tetum, known as Tetun-Dili, grew out of the dialect favored by the colonizers at Dili, and thus has considerable Portuguese influence, but other dialects of Tetum are also widely used in the country, including Tetun-Terik which is spoken along the southwestern coast. Indonesian and English are defined as working languages under the Constitution in the Final and Transitional Provisions, without setting a final date. Another fifteen indigenous languages are spoken: Bekais, Bunak, Dawan, Fataluku, Galoli, Habun, Idalaka, Kawaimina, Kemak, Lovaia, Makalero, Makasai, Mambai, Tokodede, and Wetarese. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_timor#… Tetum, Portuguese (official); Bahasa Indonesia, English; other indigenous languages, including T

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