Readers in Galolen

Galolen is spoken around Manatuto on the northern coast of East Timor in an area between Dili and Baucau. It is an Austronesian language closely related to languages spoken on Wetar Island to the north.

Apart from monolingual versions in Galolen, some readers are also available in a trilingual edition (Galolen, Tetun, Portuguese).

Galolen

Title Black and white edition Colour edition
After school (Iskola soruk) b and w (1.16Mb pdf) colour (1.90Mb pdf)
Come and see (Mai roga) b and w (1.05Mb pdf) colour (2.09Mb pdf)
Dog (Asu) b and w (880kb pdf) colour (1.66Mb pdf)
Fruit and vegetables (Ai-huan no iroon hui) b and w (1.07Mb pdf) colour (1.61Mb pdf)
How many animals? (Animál ihila?) b and w (730kb pdf) colour (720kb pdf)
I can (Ga’u baluri) b and w (940kb pdf) colour (1.21Mb pdf)
I like animals (Ga’u gostak animál) b and w (950kb pdf) colour (2.12Mb pdf)
Look at me (Roga mai ga’u) b and w (1.06Mb pdf) colour (2.2Mb pdf)
Starfish (Sarmentin nuna la?)  colour (580kb pdf)
This is a house (Le’i uma) b and w (1.12Mb pdf) colour (2.3Mb pdf)
Where do we go? (Gami la’a main?) b and w (1.28Mb pdf) colour (1.87Mb pdf)

Galolen

Advanced reader

Title Black and white edition Colour edition
Chicken little b and w (3.60Mb pdf) colour (1.03Mb pdf)
Footsteps (La be nuna er-hatin sia ne’e?)  colour (1.44Mb pdf)
I (Ga’u)  colour (3.50Mb pdf)

Galolen trilingual (Galolen, Tetun, Portuguese)

Title Black and white edition Colour edition
I like animals (Ga’u gostak animal) b and w (950kb pdf) colour (2.12Mb pdf)
This is a house (Le’i uma) b and w (1.12Mb pdf) colour (2.30Mb pdf)
Where do we go? (Gami la’a main?) b and w (1.29Mb pdf) colour (2.23Mb pdf)