question by an american passing by
2006-07-01 16:49:36 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Shemus, there are may 'dialects' in Singapore, however, the official language is English. There is no such thing as a Singaporese language, unless you count slang in. Keep on passing, and godspeed.
2006-07-01 17:52:12 · answer #1 · answered by vim 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Singlish is not a language, it's just a local form of sub-standard english and is usually frowned upon on by many. Furthermore, the official languages are english, mandarin, tamil while the national language is malay(not many know it though) and Yahoo Singapore is english based :)
2006-07-03 01:00:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the yahoo rules are to speak english
2006-07-01 16:53:28 · answer #3 · answered by sweete_017 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English is a worldwide language.
I believe that yahoo has set up a way to ask questions in another language
2006-07-01 16:54:13 · answer #4 · answered by mick987g 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is there such a language as singaporese...I thought the 2 official languages of Singapore were english and mandarin....
2006-07-01 17:07:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rules & conditions of yahoo answers state that all questions and answers must be in english.
2006-07-01 16:53:05 · answer #6 · answered by kiwijunglist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. it is called Singlish. Not Singaporese.
2. not eveybody understand Singlish well. So use proper English.
2006-07-01 16:57:50 · answer #7 · answered by shanghai68 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rules dictate all questions and answers must be in English.
What is the language of Singapore?
2006-07-01 16:54:13 · answer #8 · answered by jalfredprufrock 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, because this is an american website!
2006-07-01 16:53:15 · answer #9 · answered by Jennifer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess is because this country is U,S.A
2006-07-01 16:58:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋