Singaporean language

 Hello everyone.  How are you?  I hope all of you are well. Oh yeah, don't forget to stay healthy, because the virus can attack anytime, anyone and anywhere. So you still have to take care of your health.


This time I will explain about the country of Singapore, their "mother tongue" and also the influence on their social life.


According to the constitutional prevailing in Singapore, this country has four official languages ​​including Malay, Mandarin, Tamil and English. Malay, Tamil and Mandarin were chosen to represent the most dominant ethnic groups in Singapore. Mandarin for Singaporean Chinese, Malay for the Malay community, and Tamil for the largest Indian ethnic group in Singapore. But besides that in Singapore there are also other languages ​​that are still used by many people today which are local variants of the language or characteristics of the country. such as Singaporean Hokkien and Singlish.


      Then where did the mother tongue in the dependent country of Singapore come from?  One sad example, if someone comes from an Indian ethnicity in Singapore, the mother tongue that the person will use is Tamil.


 And Why is Singapore spoken of so many official languages?  This may sound strange, but by using the four official languages, Singapore wants to make communication easier for its citizens. Because everyone in theory can communicate with the government using their mother tongue. Try to imagine the same thing in Indonesia.


 In its early years, the island's lingua franca was market Malay, a creole of Malay and Chinese, a trade language in the Malay Archipelago. Although several languages ​​are spoken on the island, particularly Singaporean Malay, Malay has been replaced by English. Hokkien was used as the lingua franca for Chinese circles, but at the end of the 20th century, the language was replaced by Mandarin.  The government has promoted Mandarin to Singaporean Chinese, since the government has seen the language as a bridge between the various non-Mandarin speaking groups in Singapore, and as a means of forgetting the common Chinese cultural identity. China's developing economy in the 21st century also encourages the use of Mandarin. Some Singaporeans have become bilingual since the bilingual education policy in Singapore promoted a dual language teaching system of primary schools.  English is used as the main language of instruction.


      But, after Singapore's independence, the main language was English. English is used as the language of instruction in schools as well as the formal language in courts and government. Since Singapore's main language is English, they may only be able to use their mother tongue with their immediate environment or their ethnic groups.

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