More Singaporeans using Singlish in their daily lives, including at work

SINGAPORE – More people in Singapore are using Singlish more frequently in everyday life, including at work, with 80 percent of those who are younger saying they speak the colloquial language well. An increasing number also identify most with English or Singlish, while the proportion of people who identify most with their mother tongue or parents’ dialects has dropped, according to a new study by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS). In another finding, mother tongue proficiency has remained stable over the years based on self-reported figures, but ethnic Chinese respondents are more likely to perceive a drop in general […]...

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