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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SINGLISH

ROBERTO, JOSEFINA, lUCAS, Matias, CALA
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WHAT IS SINGLISH?

  • Is an english based creole language spoken in Singapur.

Origins
Singlish started 50 years ago when Singapore gained independance. They decided English would be the common language.

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Since then English was the official language, but singlish became the language in the streets.

VARIATIONS

sINGLISH IS ALTERED BY MANY NEARBY LANGUAGES SUCH AS CHINESE
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cANTONESE

Cantonese affects the structure in which sentences are built

Malay

malay introduces words into the language and also affects structure

slang

being a low economic class language, english & 'aussie' slang are used

examples:

if someone asks you for a meal, but you´ve already had dinner yo say:" already eat"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra7xt9eLLIk

1991 comedy rap song "Why u so like dat?" by siva choy
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