what do people 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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 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 . 

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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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 Singapore 's political model has been described as a representative democracy , and Singaporeans have constitutional rights to freedom of speech and assembly under Articles 14 ( 1 ) ( a ) and ( b ) of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore . The constitutional rights to free speech and assembly extend only to Singapore citizens . Hence , the Singapore Court of Appeal has held that non @-@ citizens enjoy only common law free speech . Articles 14 ( 1 ) ( a ) and ( b ) are then subject to Articles 14 ( 2 ) ( a ) and ( b ) which allow Parliament to impose , by law , restrictions on the rights to freedom of speech and assembly . The grounds for restrictions are , for freedom of speech , Singapore 's security , friendly relations with other states , public order , public morality , protecting parliamentary privilege , defamation , contempt of court and incitement to any criminal offence ; and for freedom of assembly , public order only . These restrictions made it a lengthy and difficult process to obtain the licence required to address a public gathering . 

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 Singapore was colonized by the British in the 19th century , during which society was ruled according to English law . The result was the transplantation of the Western idea of representative democracy into Singapore 's legal system . This idea has taken root and developed tremendously since the end of World War II into what it is today . 
