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English is one of Singapore's official languages, along with Malay (which is also the National Language), Mandarin, and Tamil. [1] Although English is the lexifier language, Singlish has its unique slang and syntax, which are more pronounced in informal speech. It is usually a mixture of English, Hokkien, Cantonese, Malay, and Tamil, and ...
Singlish (a portmanteau of Singapore and English), formally known as Colloquial Singaporean English, is an English-based creole language originating in Singapore. [1] [2] [3] Singlish arose out of a situation of prolonged language contact between speakers of many different Asian languages in Singapore, such as Malay, Cantonese, Hokkien, Mandarin, Teochew, and Tamil. [4]
kih 涸 kok 木 bo̍k 爲 ūi 舟， tsiu 乞 涸 木 爲 舟， kih kok bo̍k ūi tsiu 砰 pin 嘭 pong 水 tsúi 中 tiong 流， lâu 砰 嘭 水 中 流， pin pong tsúi tiong lâu 門雙 mn̂g-siang 劃槳， u̍ih-hiúnn 門雙 劃槳， mn̂g-siang u̍ih-hiúnn 噝 si 刷 suit 到 kàu 泉州。 tsuân-tsiu 噝 刷 到 泉州。 si suit kàu tsuân-tsiu An example of a folk love ballad ...
The campaign aims to discourage the use of Singlish and encourage the use of a more standardised form of English, (i.e. generally modelled on the British standard). ). According to the movement's chairman, then Colonel (NS) David Wong, [8] the Speak Good English Movement aims to build a sense of pride that Singaporeans can speak good English, as opposed to Singlish, as well as to check the ...
The languages of Singapore are English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil, with the lingua franca between Singaporeans being English, the de facto main language. Among themselves, Singaporeans often speak Singlish, an English creole arising from centuries of contact between Singapore's internationalised society and its legacy of being a British colony.
Kiasu is part of the vocabulary of Singapore's colloquial language, Singlish. Singlish is an English-based creole language comprising vocabulary from Chinese languages such as Hokkien, Teochew, and Cantonese, as well as English and Malay, and to a lesser extent Tamil and Mandarin. The latter four are Singapore’s four official languages. [6]
A Page One book retailer outlet at Taipei 101, Taiwan. Page One (Chinese: 叶壹堂; pinyin: Yèyī Táng) is a bookstore chain and publisher founded in Singapore by Mark Tan (陈家强), with three branches in mainland China. Traditionally focused on English language books, it has recently expanded into the Chinese language market.
Hello Singapore (Chinese: 狮城有约) is a news/current affairs programme produced by Mediacorp Channel 8. The show replaced the current weekday broadcast of Singapore Today as well as half of the 7.00pm drama timeslot, airing weekdays from 6.30pm, premiering together with half-hour drama programme, Perfect Man .