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Languages Spoken in Singapore

Official: Chinese and English and Malay and Standard Chinese and Tamil

Singapore has a population of 6.0 million and is home to a small number of language communities, with 5 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. Chinese and English and Malay and Standard Chinese and Tamil serve as the official languages. Of the languages spoken in Singapore, 5 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

6.0M
Population
5
Languages
5
LEXIGO

Languages spoken in Singapore

English Official
English Braille, English alphabet
LEXIGO translation services →
93%
CLDR
Chinese Official
Chinese characters, simplified Chinese characters
LEXIGO translation services →
77%
CLDR
Malay Official
Jawi, Latin script
LEXIGO translation services →
14%
CLDR
Tamil Official
Arabic script, Koleluttu
LEXIGO translation services →
2%
CLDR
Mandarin Chinese Official
Chinese characters, Standard Chinese Braille
LEXIGO translation services →
CIA World Factbook

"English (official) 48.3%, Mandarin (official) 29.9%, other Chinese dialects (includes Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew, Hakka) 8.7%, Malay (official) 9.2%, Tamil (official) 2.5%, other 1.4% (2020 est.)"

Data sources
Unicode CLDR (population percentages)
CIA World Factbook (official languages)
Wikidata (language families, scripts)
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