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Portuguese "rejuvenating" in Timor-Leste, parliament encouraging use, speakers say
Summary
Speakers at a session said Portuguese is being reclaimed in Timor-Leste after independence; the parliament is holding Portuguese-language interventions twice a month and younger generations are adopting the language, speakers said.
Speakers at a recent session said Portuguese is "rejuvenating" in Timor-Leste and that the country's parliament is encouraging deputies to use Portuguese in plenary interventions twice a month.
"A língua rejuvenesce muito, em Timor, é 1 língua da alma, em que você usa pra a sua expressão patriótica, portanto vai muito mais profundo," said Speaker 1, a session participant. "Nunca ninguém em Timor se vai preocupar, digamos assim, com a língua inglesa como se fosse a língua da alma. Isto será sempre o lugar do português."
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