Chinese people in Timor-Leste
A mixed wedding of East Timorese and Chinese Hakka people in Timor-Leste, where the four flower girls and the mother of the bride on the far right are of Chinese Hakka descent. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 4,000 to 20,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Timor-Leste Australia Singapore | |
| Languages | |
| Portuguese, Indonesian, Chinese (Hakka, Cantonese, Mandarin), Tetum, Macanese | |
| Religion | |
| Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Chinese Indonesians, Macanese people |
Chinese people in Timor-Leste, or the Sino-Timorese, consist of Chinese migrants to Timor-Leste and their descendants. The Chinese minority is a small proportion of the East Timorese population. Most are originally of Hokkien descent, with some being Hakka and also a small number of Cantonese within the populace. Many Sino-Timorese left shortly after the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, usually to Australia or Singapore.