Are many Chinese speakers in Singapore?

Question 1: Do Singaporeans also speak Chinese? As we all know, 77% of the population in Singapore is Chinese, which means that Chinese should be the largest language in Singapore, although Chinese, English, and Malay , Tamil is listed as the official language of Singapore. In fact, there are fewer and fewer families in Singapore whose mother tongue is Chinese. Once, a Singaporean business group visited China and all they saw were yellow-skinned and dark-skinned. They have Chinese eyes, black heads, and even their names are authentic Chinese names, but they speak fluent English when they open their mouths. One important reason is that the school does not pay attention to mother-tongue education. *** and major companies mainly use English. In order to find a way out, of course people put more emphasis on English than their mother tongue. The "national language" of Singapore is Malay. There is only one version of Singapore's national anthem, and that is the "national language" - the Malay version.

Malay, English, Chinese (Mandarin) and Tamil are listed as official languages.

But what is very interesting is that the country does not pay attention to "Mandarin" or Chinese, the mother tongue of the people who account for more than 70% of the country's population, but adopts various means and measures to implement English education, making the English family Dominate.

In Singapore, people who only know Chinese can only communicate in daily life and cannot enter the upper class society, while people who only know "Mandarin" Malay are connected in this country where Malay is the national language. In this country, even daily communication may be very problematic (because more than 70% of the Chinese Singaporeans in Singapore basically do not understand Malay, the "national language" of Singapore).

Question 2: Why are so many people speaking Chinese in Singapore? The Chinese language complex of Singaporean Chinese

Is this Singapore?

The land beneath our feet is charming, colorful, and full of various cultures. However, what reporters saw most were the Chinese with yellow skin and dark eyes and the ubiquitous Chinese language. Even the buildings looked like our domestic coastal cities. Walking to the Marina Bay here, the reporter's first impression is that it resembles the Bund in Shanghai, China. If I hadn't seen the Merlion that sprayed arc-shaped water jets from its mouth, the reporter would have thought it was in Shanghai. Bottom line: Going to Singapore is not like going abroad.

Singapore is a truly small country with a population of just over 3 million, 76 of whom are Chinese. With so many Chinese living here, it’s no wonder the environment here is similar to China. Of course there are differences. During the days in Singapore, some of the Chinese people the reporter came into contact with could not understand Chinese, and some people, especially young people, could not speak Chinese. It was very difficult to communicate with compatriots from China. Last year, the reporter went to Singapore twice to participate in the China-ASEAN International Automobile Rally and found that the Chinese proficiency of the Chinese here is directly proportional to age. The older the Chinese, the higher the Chinese proficiency. Strange and strange! The reporter asked a local authority for advice. He said that there are many reasons for this fact, the most important one is national policy. In addition to Chinese, there are also Indians and Malays among the ethnic groups living in Singapore. As a country, it must treat all ethnic groups well. Although Singapore is a small country, harmony is even more important. Any bias on ethnic issues may lead to disaster. It is precisely because of this factor that Singapore, where Chinese people occupy the upper class, has not given up some traces of independence from Malaysia. For example, although there are many Chinese people in Singapore, the national language is Malay. As the Chinese language plays a relatively smaller role in education, it is not surprising that the Chinese language proficiency of the younger generation of Chinese has declined.

The most common language in Singapore is English. Due to the influence of the strong position of English and the fact that some people abandon Chinese for utilitarian purposes, there is a strong tendency for Chinese to be replaced by English. According to data provided by the Singapore Government Department, in 1980, the proportion of Chinese primary school students who used English at home was 9.3, but in recent years it has increased to 42.4. It won't take long for this trend to develop. The mother tongue of Chinese Singaporeans will become English, and Chinese will become a foreign language.

This phenomenon has caused concern to *** and many knowledgeable people.

Once "departing from China and joining the UK" becomes a reality, Singapore's unique humanistic advantage of blending East and West in bilingualism will be lost, and it will be difficult for Singapore to "play both sides" of the Eastern and Western countries as it is now. According to reports, Singaporean Cabinet Minister Lee Kuan Yew once said that if the Chinese in Singapore lose the Chinese-speaking environment, it will be extremely difficult to recreate the same environment in the future. Friends told reporters that Singapore has been carrying out a Chinese-speaking movement in recent years. *** Encourage the Chinese, especially the younger generation, to improve their level of Chinese language and literature to ensure the development of Chinese language in Singapore.

The vast majority of Singaporean Chinese are in favor of the launch of the Chinese language movement, because after all, Chinese is a language that has been passed down from generation to generation. Many elderly people always believe that they came to Singapore just to make a living or do business, and will eventually return to their hometown in China. They will remit money to their relatives in their hometown on time and look forward to the day when they can return home in rich clothes. When our China-ASEAN International Rally Team arrived in Singapore in October last year, two off-road vehicles and six drivers from Singapore joined the team. They will travel with the convoy through Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam to Nanning, China. What is unexpected is that two of these drivers are elderly: 81-year-old Chen Jianhui and 77-year-old Zhang Yiqiang. According to the relevant domestic regulations, the two old men are not suitable for driving, especially for such long-distance cross-country expeditions. But the two old men said sincerely: It is their greatest long-cherished wish to go to China and return to the place where their ancestors lived. The car is driven by his son, but the old man said that if China's traffic regulations allow it, he would like to drive a few laps on the land of China himself.

Most Chinese who come to Singapore will always be enthusiastically led by the local Chinese to a place called "Chinatown", and we are no exception. The reporter couldn't understand the true meaning of "Chinatown" from the place name. It was only when he got there that he suddenly realized it. It is a microcosm of the life of the Chinese at that time: "Chinatown" was the settlement place for the Chinese who broke into Southeast Asia. The living conditions here are quite poor. There is no water or wells, so water has to be transported to the house by bullock cart. This is the origin of the place name "Chinatown". Groups of immigrants came here one after another, starting their new pioneering lives in this hot and unfamiliar place. These immigrants...gt;gt;

Question 3: Can Singapore speak Chinese? It can be said, but not every Singaporean understands Chinese, especially those with non-Chinese faces who basically cannot speak Chinese.

In addition, Singapore’s foreign population accounts for 40% of the total population, so it is definitely not possible to speak Chinese with these non-Singaporeans (mainly from Southeast Asia, South Asia, and North Asia).

So about half of the people still understand simple Chinese.

Question 4: Is it okay to go to Singapore if I only speak Chinese? Singapore is a multi-ethnic society, and its people are generally proficient in two languages, English and their mother tongue. Generally, Singaporeans use English as the main social communication language, and it is also the main official and business language. There is no need to worry about language issues when coming to travel. Chinese Singaporeans are still proficient in Chinese. If they want to come to work, they must be proficient in English to adapt to the application and communication of local social languages.

Question 5: What languages ??are spoken in Singapore? Are there many people who speak Chinese? I went there at the end of June last year and originally thought that the official language was English. But when I went there, I found that some people spoke English completely. If you don’t understand and speak Chinese, it’s no problem. So if this question really comes up, let’s say it first in English and then in Chinese. But if I want to catch up with someone who speaks Malay, I have no choice.

Question 6: How many people are still speaking Chinese in Singapore? Singapore is a country with a complex society composed of multi-racial, multi-lingual and multi-racial people. Among them, 76 are Chinese, 15 are Malays, 6.5 are Indians, and 2.5 are Eurasians and other races. The national language of Singapore is Malay, and English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil are the official languages. It is legal to use the spoken and written languages ??of all ethnic groups in teaching, commerce, publishing, official affairs, etc. English is listed as the administrative language, has become the most common language of all ethnic groups, and is considered fashionable.

English is also the official language of business, and most Singaporeans, especially the younger generation, can converse fluently in English. In addition, most Singaporeans are proficient in their mother tongue. Since 1984, the *** has stipulated that all schools must gradually transition to using English as the first language of instruction and the languages ??of various ethnic groups as the second language of instruction, in order to strengthen the integration of all ethnic groups and improve the efficiency of social affairs. Since the Chinese are the majority in Singapore, tourists from Hong Kong and Fujian and Guangdong may only need to speak Hokkien and Cantonese to travel around Singapore. In the early 1970s, *** advocated people of Chinese descent to speak Mandarin, and took several measures: promoting it in schools, radio stations, shops, and buses: (1) *** Officials must use Mandarin when speaking to Chinese people in public. ; (2) Chinese primary school students must have Chinese names; (3) New buildings must have Chinese names in addition to English names; (4) Use Chinese simplified characters. Placards can be seen everywhere in Singapore’s supermarkets, street vendors (markets), shopping malls, bus bodies or some *** institutions, which read in Chinese and English: “Speaking Chinese is a blessing, don’t lose it. !” This is a propaganda method of Singapore’s cultural department, which symbolizes Singapore’s determination to promote Chinese language. Singapore *** also has a Chinese Language Committee that specializes in standardizing Chinese language standards. It standardizes some vocabulary, publishes it in Chinese newspapers, and uses Hanyu Pinyin to notate Chinese characters. If you are planning to study in Singapore, you should naturally prepare the necessary English, because all major universities, primary and secondary schools in Singapore use English as the first language of instruction. In recent years, my country's international and economic status has been gradually improved. Many private schools and public schools in Singapore have also opened and are preparing for intermediate and advanced courses and professional diplomas taught in Chinese. For example, the Singapore Institute of Management's business in management and MBA courses taught in Chinese and English at the National University of South Australia, etc. Of course, English will always be with you the moment you step out of the country. Even in Singapore, a Chinese-dominated society, in order to maintain its own advantages, while she attaches great importance to Chinese, English is still undeniable. is a world language. While studying abroad to learn English well, don’t abandon your own Chinese language. "Speaking English is a tool, speaking Chinese is a blessing."

Question 7: In Singapore, do more English or Chinese speakers speak more? Are there many Chinese people? It’s almost a one-to-one ratio, but people in Singapore are bilingual and can basically speak both English and Chinese, so you’ll have no problem living there!

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Question 8: Why are there so many Chinese and Chinese-speaking people in Singapore? In countries with ethnic Chinese in the international community, generally local Chinese will be proficient in ordinary Chinese but have a local accent. , integrated into the local language, which is different from Chinese Chinese. Singapore is a multi-ethnic society. Although Chinese are the majority, local Chinese speak English, and English is the language used by all ethnic groups to communicate with each other.

Question 9: Does Singapore speak Chinese? Singapore is a multilingual country with 4 official languages, namely Malay, Chinese, English and Tamil.