LIA SIRA

A phonetic reading book based on Cliff Morris' 1992 Traveller's

Dictionary in Tetun-English and English-Tetun.. Cliff's dictionary is
based on the Tetun-Los dialect which is spoken along the south coast
between Betano in the west, Luka in the east, and Soibada in the
north.
http://www.gnu.org/software/tetum/contributors/cliffMorris-xhtml/index.html

“Language is the foundation of cultural identity, the mutual

recognition of symbolic values and, often overlooked, the
metaphorical connections between different symbolic values creating
a narrative of meaning. It is not too much to suggest that when a
language dies, a culture dies and often all that remains is a lingering
memory often encapsulated in a handful of words and phrases and
some behavioural mores. In this perspective, the newly re-
established Democratic Republic of Timor Leste has seen fit to
establish Tetun as a national language, although standardised
spelling and grammar are still a matter of some debate”
Notes on the First Revision Preface to the Original Transcription of the Traveller's Dictionary.

Tony Forster 2009

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