Country scorecard
Timor-Leste
Asia · 1.3M people
ALPS
2.09
languages per person
#22 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
6%
globally connected
Strongly multilingual — the average person here speaks 2.1 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Timor-Leste is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇵🇹 Portugal51%
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia50%
- 🇧🇷 Brazil50%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Tetum99%
- Portuguese50%
- Indonesian50%
- English10%
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The countries sitting next to Timor-Leste in the world multilingualism ranking.
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