Singlish

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Singlish
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Whats Singlish?!

• Its based on creole used in Singapore.
• Singlish is very similar to Manglish, the creole
  of neighbouring Malaysia.

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Grammar

• The grammar of Singlish has been heavily
  influenced by other languages and dialects in the
  region, such as Malay and Chinese

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(Nouns are optionally marked for plurality.
Articles are also optional.)

• He can play piano.
• I like to read storybook.
• (copula(to be)tends to be omitted)
• Dis house very nice.
• She punished.
• I still finding

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Social Difference

• Acrolectal (standard) "highest-class" form of
  speech, used by the well- educated in formal
  situations.
• Mesolectal This is more "middle-class", and is
  used in formal and semi-formal situations.
• Basilectal (singlish) This is the colloquial
  speech used by almost everyone in working-class
  urban neighborhoods,educated or not, in informal
  settings, and is the speech usually referred to
  as the English dialect "Singlish".

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• Acrolect ("Standard")
• ?"This person's Singlish is very good."
• Mesolect
• ?Dis guy Singlish damn powerful one leh."
• Basilect (Singlish)
• ?Dis guy Singrish si beh owderful sia."

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Discourse Style

• I oso like dis one. (I also like this one.)
• I like dis one oso. (I like this one too.)
• Why he acting lidat? ( Why is he acting this
  way? (like that))
• "Eh, you know where is he?" ("Excuse me, do you
  know where he is?" )
• "Har? He ownself go party yesterday for what?(
  "Why did he go to the party alone yesterday?" )

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• "Jus now go and play game, character dieded
  siah! (When I played a game just now, my
  character died!" )
• Boss "Can you send me the report by this
  afternoon?"
• Employee "Can, Can!" (No problem!)
• "I not so old lah, I 18 nia." (Nia is originated
  from Hokkien which means 'only', )

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• Gimme can? (Can you please give that to me? )
• Can! (Sure!)
• Cannot. (No way. )

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Vocabulary

• Singlish formally takes after British English (in
  terms of spelling and abbreviations), although
  naming conventions are in a mix of American and
  British ones (with American ones on the rise).
• Singlish also uses many words borrowed from
  Hokkien, the Chinese dialect native to more than
  75 of the Chinese in Singapore, and from Malay.

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