Asia

Le Timor oriental

East Timor

masculine

Going there, being there

au Timor oriental

Coming from

du Timor oriental

Why

Le Timor oriental is masculine and starts with a consonant: à + le contracts into au, which gives au Timor oriental.

The people

un Timorais, une Timoraise

Official languages

tétoum, portugais

Capital

Dili

Example

On parle encore portugais au Timor oriental.

Portuguese is still spoken in East Timor.

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