what do you speak in singapore?
Malay Language Tamil Language Standard Mandarin English Language
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 It carries no great names . In fact it has no names at all . It is for all men . It is not for the Chinese , the Indian , the Eurasian or any other single race . It is for all who in one way or another helped to create a modern multiracial , multicultural and multilingual Singapore . 

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 In 2004 , Lee Hsien Loong , the eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew , became the third prime minister of Singapore . He introduced several policy changes , including the reduction of national service duration from two and a half years to two years , and the legalisation of casino gambling . Other efforts to raise the city 's global profile included the reestablishment of the Singapore Grand Prix in 2008 , and the hosting of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics . 

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 Indonesian is based on the prestige dialect of Malay , that of the Johor @-@ Riau Sultanate , which for centuries had been the lingua franca of the archipelago . It is the official language of Singapore , Malaysia and Brunei . Indonesian is universally taught in schools and consequently is spoken by nearly every Indonesian . It is the language of business , politics , national media , education , and academia . 

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 All students in Singapore are required to undertake a Mother Tongue Language as a examinable subject , as indicated by ‘ ^ ’ . 

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 The local ethnic Malays speak the Malay language , while the language primarily spoken by the local Chinese is Mandarin Chinese . The Chinese community is represented by several dialect groups : Teochew , Hainanese , Hakka and Hokkien . The Indian community mainly speaks Tamil , Malayalam , Telugu and Punjabi . The English language ( or Manglish ) is also used considerably , albeit more so among the older generation , who have attended school during the British rule . 
