2007-03-24 02:09:35 · 6 answers · asked by hman_13 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The national language of Singapore is Malay, while English is the language of administration and commerce. Tamil and Chinese are also official languages. Mandarin is increasingly encouraged as the lingua franca for the Chinese in place of dialects like Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, Hakka, Hainanese and Foochow. Among the Indian community, apart from Tamil, other languages spoken are Malayalam, Punjabi, Telegu, Hindi and Bengali. Most of the literate population is bi-lingual, and domestically English and Mandarin are the most commonly used languages. In parliamentary debates, members may speak Malay, Mandarin, Tamil or English and simultaneous oral translations are provided.
2007-03-24 02:15:08 · answer #1 · answered by ♫ Chloe ♫ 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Singaporeation
2007-03-31 17:54:21 · answer #2 · answered by felasbigdaddy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Definitely Malay. I'm a Malaysian and Singapore used to be part of my country. British ruled both countries at that time (used to be one country) and decided to split them. We, Malaysians, still do speak Malay most of time, even the Chinese and Indians. But I've been to Singapore and even my aunt is married to a Singaporean, most of the people there speak English nowadays. But their national language is still Malay, I'm pretty much sure of that.
2007-03-25 04:49:56 · answer #3 · answered by Lynn 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
their national song is in Malay
the island are surrounded by three Malay speaking countries
namely Indonesia,Malaysia and Brunei
but their schools do not encourage Malay language to their students cos officially is still English the state are promoting
2007-03-24 02:25:31 · answer #4 · answered by kimht 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Singlish.
English mixed with local dialects, gramatically constructed in a funny but meaningful way.
2007-03-24 02:40:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
english
2007-03-24 02:12:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋