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Winkler Prins
The Winkler Prins is a Dutch encyclopedia, founded by the Dutch poet and clergyman Anthony Winkler Prins (1817-1908) and published by Elsevier, which ran through 9 editions; the first, issued in 16 volumes from 1870 to 1882, and the last (the final in book form), numbering 26 volumes, from 1990 to 1993. As to the contents, this final edition, titled "De Grote Winkler Prins" (the Great Winkler Prins) is one of the most comprehensive works of its
took over governance in September 1999, Tetun (Dili) was proclaimed the country's official language, even though according to "Encarta Winkler Prins" it was only spoken by about 8% of the native population at the time, while the elite (consisting of 20 to 30 families) spoke Portuguese and most adolescents had been educated in Indonesian. When East Timor gained its independence on 20 May 2002, Tetum and Portuguese were declared as official languages. The 2010 census found that Tetum Prasa had 385,269 native speakers on a total