This is a proposal for a Native Language Confederation Project in Tetum. Tetum is an official national language of Timor-Leste (East Timor), the other being Portuguese, and the language codes ISO/DIS 639-3 tet. It is regulated by the National Institute of Linguistics.
Statistics indicated that some 60% to 80% of the population use Tetum, 40% to 20% Bahasa Indonesian, 5% English and 3% Portuguese (see: Judicial System Monitoring Programme, "The Impact of Language Directive on the Courts in East Timor, http://www.jsmp.minihub.org/Reports/jsmpreports/Language%20Report/LanguageReport(english).pdf). Whilst many civil servants and literate members of the population are familiar with either Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesian or English, having a Tetum OpenOffice variant will obviously provide great assistance for the majority of the population and for the future of this young nation. Active support for the project will be sought through existing contacts in Timor Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. The proposed NLC project does not address a language that is already represented by a prior NLC project. Participants agree to abide by OpenOffice.org guidelines and policies. Lev Lafayette [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://au.geocities.com/lev_lafayette __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
