Singapore English is the set of varieties of the English language native to Singapore.
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11 Facts About Singaporean English
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The Singaporean English language is the most popular medium of communication among students from primary school to university.
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Better educated Singaporeans with a "higher" standard of English tend to speak "Standard" Singapore English, whereas those who are less-educated or whose first language isn't English tend to speak Singlish.
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The roots of Standard Singapore Singaporean English derive from nearly a century and a half of British control.
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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, Singaporean 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 Singaporean 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 Singaporean English is a foreign language.
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Singaporean English is Singapore's main and one of the four official languages, along with Malay, Chinese and Tamil.
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Under the education system, Singaporean 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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