Singapore English is the set of varieties of the English language native to Singapore.
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10 Facts About Singapore English
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The Singapore English language is the most popular medium of communication among students from primary school to university.
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Singapore English can be classified into Singapore Standard English and Singapore Colloquial English.
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The roots of Standard Singapore English derive from nearly a century and a half of British control.
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Apart from a period of Japanese occupation, Singapore English remained a British colony until 1963, when it joined the Malaysian federation, but this proved a short-lived alliance, largely due to ethnic rivalries.
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English served as the administrative language of the British colonial government, and when Singapore gained self-government in 1959 and independence in 1965, the Singaporean government decided to keep English as the main language to maximise economic prosperity.
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In Singapore, English is a "working language" that serves the economy and development and is associated with the broader global community.
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The strength of one's ethnic mother tongue-accented Singapore English accent depends on factors like formality and their language dominance.
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One effect of mass immigration into Singapore since 2000, especially from China, has been to increase the proportion of the population to whom English is a foreign language.
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Under the education system, Singapore English is the language of instruction for all subjects except the official Mother Tongue languages and the literatures of those languages.
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