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.

What people speak

Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.

  • Tetum99%
  • Portuguese50%
  • Indonesian50%
  • English10%
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🇲🇹 Malta#21 · 2.09 languages per person🇸🇪 Sweden#23 · 2.04 languages per person

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