what language is spoken in singapore?
Malay Language Tamil Language Standard Mandarin English Language
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 Languages not indigenous to the islands are also taught in select schools . Mandarin is used in Chinese schools catering to the Chinese Filipino community . Islamic schools in Mindanao teach Modern Standard Arabic in their curriculum . French , German , Japanese , Korean , Spanish are taught with the help of foreign linguistic institutions . The Department of Education began teaching the Malay languages of Indonesian and Malaysian in 2013 . 

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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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 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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 Filipino and English are the official languages of the country . Filipino is a standardized version of Tagalog , spoken mainly in Metro Manila and other urban regions . Both Filipino and English are used in government , education , print , broadcast media , and business . However , most people outside cities do not speak much English . In most towns , the local indigenous language is spoken . The Philippine constitution provides for the promotion of Spanish and Arabic on a voluntary and optional basis , although neither are used on as wide a scale as in the past . Spanish , which was widely used as a lingua franca in the late nineteenth century , has since declined greatly in use , but is experiencing revival due to government promotions , while Arabic is mainly used in Islamic schools in Mindanao . However , Spanish loanwords are still present today in many of the indigenous Philippine languages . 
