Haree:
Lia-foun, karta ho artigu kona
ba tetun
lian
/ News, letters and articles about Tetum
Current
AETA Resource List (Australia-East Timor Association)
Resources on ETimor updated Dec 16
AETA
(Melbourne) provide a community-based service that includes the
provision
of books, educational materials, Tetum language books/kits and
music
CDs/cassettes. This diverse collection of resources includes materials
that are otherwise difficult to obtain. - BD
Feb
21 Music CD: Anin Murak - Songs of Timor Loro Sa'e
Info
updated Feb 24
"East Timorese composer/arranger Paulo
Pereira dos Santos is the Director of the St Cecilia Choir in the
parish
of Balide, Dili. In 2000 he brought part of that choir to New South
Wales
[Australia] for the world's first tour of a Timorese choir outside
Timor.
The 23 choristers can be heard on this recording as Anin Murak
(Golden
Wind) singing traditional and new Timorese songs, mostly in
Tetun,
East Timor's main language. It is to be hoped that through this and
similar
recordings many people will begin to experience Timorese music, truly a
gift to the world."
19 tracks including 23 colour photos,
lyrics in original languages (Tetun, Tetun Terik, Naueti, Waima'a,
Galoli)
and translations into English.
To purchase CDs send a cheque for $A20
each (including postage) to:
Mary
MacKillop
Institute of East Timorese Studies (MMIETS), PO Box 299, St Marys
NSW
1790 - Australia
Overseas orders: Delivery is by
surface mail. The equivalent of A$15 must be added to all payments NOT
made in Australian dollars to cover bank charges.
Dec
10 Basilio Araujo: Research of the Morphology of Tetun Language
Letters added Dec 29
"I have found my thesis on Morphology
of East Timor Language. ... Since East Timor is on its early stages for
nationhood, I would like to contribute this thesis to the ministry of
Education
of East Timor in order to print it out for use by the teachers of East
Timor Language in East Timor. I am sure that this research on Tetun
Language
Morphology is very important for the preparation of Tetun to become the
national languge in the future." Basilio Araujo, author, thesis on
Morphology
of East Timor Language, Christian University of Jakarta (UKI)
Aug
16 J Hejak & A Tilman: New East Timor phrasebook released by Lonely
Planet Release added Aug 30
" ... East Timor is a land of many
different
languages and dialects. More widely used and understood than any other
is Tetun, the first language of 20% of the people and the second
language
of most. ... Being the official language of East Timor, Portuguese
cannot
be overlooked. A chapter of the book is therefore dedicated to key
phrases
in Portuguese. For those going off the beaten track, three indigenous
languages
- Fataluku, Makasae and Kemak - are also covered. With and enticing
food
chapter ... plus a comprehensive health section, ... advice on
etiquette
and essential cultural information." Lonely
Planet
Dec
1 PL: A Grammar of Tetun Dili Info added Dec 16
"Pacific Linguistics is happy to announce
the publication of the titles below: A grammar of Tetun Dili, by
Catharina
Williams-van Klinken, John Hajek, Rachel Nordlinger ... Tetun Dili is
an
Austronesian language spoken as a first language in Dili, East Timor.
It
is also spoken as a lingua franca throughout much of this fledgling
nation,
and is set to become its national language. ... This work constitutes
the
most detailed grammatical description to date of any language of East
Timor,
complementing an earlier description of Tetun Terik as spoken in West
Timor."
Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies,
Australian
National University, Canberra
Dec
17 Linguistic map of Timor Island Info added Dec 17
A Linguistic map of Timor Island is
available
at: http://rspas.anu.edu.au/linguistics/UabMeto/map.html
Languages of Timor Lorosae: http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Timor+Lorosae