East Timor is a small  poor country of many languages. A few old people speak Portuguese and the former resistance fighters and leadership speak Portuguese. The Middle Generation speak Bahasa Indonesian. The young people speak mostly Tetum or one of 15 other dialects.   Many young people want to learn English to improve their job prospects, but the Official policy of the government is Tetum or Portuguese.  The government policy is partly based on a future hope of selling tropical fruit one da...
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