East Timorese Portuguese

East Timorese Portuguese
East Timorese Portuguese
português timorense, ; português de Timor Leste, ; português nusantarano
Native speakers	489,113 (2015)
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Latin Romance Italo-Western Western Romance Gallo-Iberian Iberian Romance West Iberian Galician–Portuguese Portuguese East Timorese Portuguese; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Official status
Official language in	East Timor
Regulated by	Centro de Língua Portuguesa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
IETF	pt-TL

East Timorese Portuguese (Português timorense in Portuguese), or Nusantaran Portuguese (Português nusantarano in Portuguese), is the variety of the Portuguese language spoken in Timor-Leste. It is one of the official languages of Timor-Leste alongside Tetum. As with other Lusophone countries besides Brazil, the Portuguese language curriculum in East Timor is based on European Portuguese, with some localisations in pronunciation. East Timor is the only sovereign state in Asia with Portuguese as an official language (excluding Macau which is an autonomous region of China).

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