A cacophony of Mandarin and English echo through the streets of Singapore’s Chinatown as crowds of shoppers buy joss sticks and fruit as offerings to the spirits during the Seventh Month Ghost Festival. English has long united the ethnically diverse island-state but Singapore’s leaders now foresee a time when Chinese Mandarin will be the country’s [...]
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Mandarin to become dominant language in Singapore?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged asian-culture, cantonese, chinese-culture, chinese-language, mandarin, singapore on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
