Fataluku is spoken in the Lautem region on the eastern tip of the island of Timor. It is a non-Austronesian (Papuan) language related to Makasae, Makaleno and Bunaq. Lospalos is the main urban centre in Lautem.
Our readers are available in Fataluku Pairara and in a trilingual edition (Fataluku Pairara, Tetun and Portuguese). Readers in Fataluku Lospalos are in preparation.
Fataluku Pairara
Level 1 readers
I can (Ana uhulehen)
| b and w (940kb pdf)
| colour (1.3Mb pdf)
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I like animals (A nica animal tutu)
| b and w (940kb pdf)
| colour (2.2Mb pdf)
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Look at me (A toto)
| b and w (1.06Mb pdf)
| colour (2.2Mb pdf)
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This is a house (En lee)
| b and w (1.1Mb pdf)
| colour (2.3Mb pdf)
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Very big! (Tali lafai!)
| b and w (830kb pdf)
| colour (1.27Mb pdf)
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Where do we go? (Afa la’a te mara?)
| b and w (1.28Mb pdf)
| colour (1.86Mb pdf)
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Level 2 readers
At the market (Pasa na’e)
| b and w (1.02Mb pdf)
| colour (1.78Mb pdf)
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Crossing the road (Jiampata rekispe)
| b and w (1.37Mb pdf)
| colour (1.85Mb pdf)
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Gecko is hungry (Lee kokoc muhare)
| b and w (960kb pdf)
| colour (1.48Mb pdf)
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Homes (Animal i lee)
| b and w (1.12Mb pdf)
| colour (2.19Mb pdf)
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Like this (E va’ane)
| b and w (980kb pdf)
| colour (1.3Mb pdf)
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Advanced reader
Chicken Little (Aca Moko La’a-La’a)
| b and w (2.24Mb pdf)
| colour (2.35Mb pdf)
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Fataluku trilingual (Fataluku Pairara, Tetun, Portuguese)
Level 1 readers
I like animals (A nica animal tutu)
| b and w (950kb pdf)
| colour (2.12Mb pdf)
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This is a house (En lee)
| b and w (1.12Mb pdf)
| colour (2.30Mb pdf)
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Where do we go? (Afa la’a te mara?)
| b and w (1.29Mb pdf)
| colour (1.86Mb pdf) |