• Singapore Sign Language, or SgSL, is the native sign language used by the deaf and hard of hearing in Singapore, developed over six decades since the...
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    The languages of Singapore are English, Mandarin Chinese, Malay and Tamil, with the lingua franca between Singaporeans being English, the de facto main...
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    American Sign Language (ASL) developed in the United States, starting as a blend of local sign languages and French Sign Language (FSL). Local varieties...
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  • couple of differences. Singapore traffic signs display text in English, one of the four official languages and the main language in the country. The three...
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  • perhaps three hundred sign languages in use around the world today. The number is not known with any confidence; new sign languages emerge frequently through...
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  • preferred form of sign language by the Singapore Association for the Deaf. The natural sign language used in Singapore, Singapore Sign Language, is thought...
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    American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone...
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  • (SgE, SE, en-SG) is the set of varieties of the English language native to Singapore. In Singapore, English is spoken in two main forms: Singaporean Standard...
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  • The Singapore dollar (sign: S$; code: SGD) is the official currency of the Republic of Singapore. It is divided into 100 cents (Malay: sen, Chinese: 分;...
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  • grammar and syntax of oral languages in a gestural-visual form—that is, signed versions of oral languages. Unlike the sign languages that have evolved naturally...
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    portmanteau of Singapore and English), formally known as Colloquial Singaporean English, is an English-based creole language originating in Singapore. Singlish...
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  • minimum benchmark. The main language of instruction in Singapore is English, which was officially designated the first language within the local education...
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  • tongue languages in Singapore. High ability students may take a third language if they choose to do so. The language education in Singapore has been a controversial...
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    Dominica, Fiji, Liberia, New Zealand, and Samoa display text in red. Singapore places the sign inside a white round square. Belize, Brazil, Canada and Romania...
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    Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island...
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  • The symbol # is known as the number sign, hash, or pound sign (only "hash" is used outside North America). The symbol has historically been used for a...
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    official languages in Singapore: English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil. Malay is the symbolic national language, while English is the main working language. Education...
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  • Interpreting is translation from a spoken or signed language into another language, usually in real time to facilitate live communication. It is distinguished...
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    monopoly on terrestrial television in Singapore, operating six channels broadcasting in the official languages of English (Channel 5 and the pan-Asian...
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  • 2024–25 Singapore Premier League (also known as the AIA Singapore Premier League due to sponsorship reasons) is the 7th season of the Singapore Premier...
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    South Asian languages in Singapore are mainly used by the country's 348,119 Indian Singaporean residents, who form about 9.2% of Singaporean citizens and...
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    were residing in Singapore in 2015. Tamil is one of the four official languages of Singapore. Tamil is taught as a second language in most government...
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    The culture of Singapore has changed greatly over the millennia. Its contemporary modern culture consists of a combination of Asian (Malay / Tamil / Chinese)[citation...
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  • Deaf Access Committee was established and a book about sign language titled, "Sign for Singapore", was also released. In 2000, a Hearing Care Centre was...
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  • the linguistic research and development of Singapore Sign Language. She has taught Singapore Sign Language in various capacities over the years. In 2014...
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    additional languages, heritage languages, languages in the religious domain, English as a lingua franca, and sign languages. The official language of Indonesia...
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    Singapore Airlines (abbreviation: SIA or SQ) is the flag carrier of Singapore with its hub located at Changi Airport. Considered to be one of the world's...
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  • Gold 905 (category Use Singapore English from April 2018)
    Gold 905 is an English-language radio station that broadcasts in Singapore. Owned by the state-owned broadcaster Mediacorp, it provides a classic hits...
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    The signing of the Treaty of Singapore on 6 February 1819 is officially recognised as the founding of modern-day Singapore. The Treaty allowed the British...
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  • of Mandarin Chinese spoken natively in Singapore. Mandarin is one of the four official languages of Singapore along with English, Malay and Tamil. Singaporean...
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