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Description[edit | edit source]
The national language of Singapore is Malay. Other commonly used languages are: English, Chinese and Tamil. [1]
Word List(s)[edit | edit source]
Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Malay
| letter(s) | English Sound | Pronunciation Example |
|---|---|---|
| a | [a] | as in father |
| b | [b] | as in bay |
| c | [ʨ] | ch as in chay |
| d | [d] | as in day |
| e | [ɛ] | as in elephant |
| f | [f] | as in fine |
| g | [ɡ] | as in gold |
| h | [h] | as in house |
| i | [i] | ee as in meat |
| j | [ʥ] | as in job |
| k | [k] | as in kitchen |
| l | [l] | as in life |
| m | [m] | as in man |
| n | [n] | as in nice |
| o | [o] | as in olive |
| p | [p] | as in pool |
| q | [k] | as in kiss |
| r | [r] | as in rice |
| s | [s] | as in smile |
| t | [t] | as in time |
| u | [u] | oo as in mood |
| v | [f] | f as in free |
| w | [w] | as in wind |
| x | [ks] | as om wax |
| y | [j] | as in year |
| z | [z] | as in Zulu |
| ng | eng | as in hanging |
| ny | nye | as in mañana |
| kh | kha | as in the German bach |
| sy | sya | as in shield |
| nng | nng | as in bingo |
Tamil
| letter(s) | English Sound | Pronunciation Example |
|---|---|---|
| க் | k | as in kit |
| ங் | n | as in noon |
| ச் | c | as in cow |
| ஞ் | ñ | as in canyon |
| ட் | ṭ | as in toy |
| ண் | n | as in news |
| த் | t | as in time |
| ந் | n | as in night |
| ப் | p | as in pool |
| ம் | m | as in man |
| ய் | y | as in you |
| ர் | r | as in rabbit |
| ல் | l | as in lion |
| வ் | v | as in very |
| ழ் | ḻ | as in red |
| ள் | l | as in look |
| ற் | r | as in room |
| ன் | n | as in night |
| ஶ் | ś | as in show |
| ஜ் | j | as in joke |
| ஷ் | ș | as in smile |
| ஸ் | s | as in small |
| ஹ் | h | as in high |
| க்ஷ் | kș | as in racks |
| அ | a | as in apple |
| ஆ | ā | as in father |
| இ | i | as in tip |
| ஈ | ī | as in deep |
| உ | u | as in ultimate |
| ஊ | ǔ | as in moon |
| எ | e | as in elephant |
| ஊ | ē | as in weed |
| ஐ | ai | as in Thai |
| ஐ | ai | as in Thai |
| ஒ | o | as in opera |
| ஓ | ō | as in moon |
| ஔ | au | as in bowl |
| க (க் + அ) | ka | as in cat |
| கா (க் + ஆ) | kǎ | as in cow |
| கி (க் + இ) | ki | as in kit |
| கீ (க் + ஈ) | kī | as in kiwi |
| கு (க் + உ) | ku | as in Kung-fu |
| கூ (க் + ஊ) | kū | as in cooler |
| கெ (க் + எ) | ke | as in kept |
| கே (க் + ஏ) | kē | as in keep |
| கை (க் + ஐ) | kai | as in Cairo |
| கொ (க் + ஒ) | ko | as in Congo |
| கோ (க் + ஓ) | kō | as in cooler |
| கௌ (க் + ஔ) | kau | as in coward |
Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]
Malay
- Lexilogos Malay Dictionary
- Oxford Living Dictionaries Malay Dictionary
- Malay 101 Online Dictionary
- Lingo.com- Learn Malay
- iLanguages.org- Learn Malay
- Learn 101- Learn Malay
- 101 Languages- Malay 101
Chinese
- Word Dictionary- Chinese
- Chinese Dictionary.org
- Chinese English Pinyin Dictionary
- Written Chinese.com
- Cambridge Dictionary- English-Chinese
- Line Dict- Chinese-English
- Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- Yellow Bridge- Mandarin-English Dictionary and Thesaurus
Tamil
- Lexilogos- Tamil Dictionary
- Tamildict.com
- Oxford Living Dictionaries
- Tamil Typing
- Shabdkosh- English Tamil Dictionary and Translation
- University of Madras- Tamil Lexicon
- ilanguages.org- Tamil
- ilearn Tamil
- Learn 101- Tamil
- Web Assisted Learning and Teaching of Tamil
Additional Resources[edit | edit source]
Malay
- Malay, Oakland: Lonely Planet, 2008.
- Malay : Year 1, first quarter. Home Study Institute (Oriental Branch), 1939
- Lewis, MB, Malay, London : English Universities Press, 1974
- Swettenham, Frank A, Vocabulary of the English and Malay Languages : with notes. Forgotten Books, 2016.
Chinese
- Moore, Oliver J, Chinese, Berkeley : University of California Press, 2000
- Educational Services (Washington, D.C), Chinese, Washington, D.C. : Educational Services Corp., 1993
Tamil
- Shulman, David, Tamil, Cambridge Harvard University Press 2016
- University of Madras, Tamil lexicon, Madras : University of Madras, 1982
- Kumaraswami Raja, N and Doraswamy, K, Conversational Tamil, Annamalaingar, South India : Annamalainagar, South India : Anamalai University, 1981
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia Contributors,"Languages of Singapore," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Singapore , accessed 10 December 2019.
