Communication Style

By Raul Bernardino

In my personal opinion any languages are a continuously growing in communication tool.  There are five elements of communication. Namely:

• You cannot not communicate; we always communicate to each other by signs, voice, pictures etc.
• Communication is irreversible
• Communication is intentional and unintentional
• Communication is primary to defining relationship
• How other perceive your communication skills may determine your potential for advancement

One thing that represents the information revolution is a communication. The information from short text massage to multi-channel TV broadcasting or from instant messaging to the satellite phone, they are all about communication to each other.

A digital age also has influenced whatever we buy and how government is measuring our economy. The Emails, instant message, facebook, twiter, and etc are now becoming actively involving in day to day communication of individuals and corporate in formal and informal model.

The minority languages speakers are now feels overwhelmed because of the majority. E.g. nowadays the English language is becoming an international diplomacy and business language. The growth of the internet ensconced even further.

The ability of huge number people to communicate around worldwide and communication around the clock with strangers are also brings another pressure of the communication. E.g. talking to relatives/friends or strangers nowadays has many different ways to communicate. For instance to make a conversation, we can use telephone, activate your answering machine, broadcast on radio, send letter, send emails, SMS, and videoconferencing Sometimes by a limitation of the time to communicate, the communications can be recorded and distribute via emails to all people in your emails address book or it can be mass broadcast in the YouTube.

In my opinion the contractions, such as slangs and icons are the signals of the new communication style; however I’m sure, it’s not going to replace written text. In the era of the information, almost all information over the internet here and there is in text written.

My native language is Tetum. This Tetum language has been built up from several languages, such local language which is origin from Tetum terik of Suai, Soibada, and Vequeque, Portuguese language, and Indonesia and later English language. Therefore government is opted Portuguese language as an official language combine with Tetum. Tetum is Timor-Leste national language which almost every Timorese are speaks. Timor-Leste had 37 dialects and had 11 mother tongues across the region and very eastern part of Timor Island is Fataluku as mother tongue.

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