. . "The languages of East Timor include both Austronesian and Papuan languages. (See Timor\u2013Flores languages and West Trans\u2013New Guinea languages.) The lingua franca and national language of East Timor is Tetum, an Austronesian language influenced by Portuguese, with which it has equal status as an official language. The language of the Ocussi exclave is Uab Meto (Dawan). Fataluku is a Papuan language widely used in the eastern part of the country (often more so than Tetum)."@en .