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Singapore

Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands. At 712 km (275 sq mi), Singapore is a microstate and...
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Chinese language

Chinese or the Sinitic language(s) (simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語; pinyin: Hànyǔ; simplified Chinese: 华语; traditional Chinese: 華語; pinyin: Huáyǔ; simplified Chinese: 中国话; traditional Chinese: 中國話; pinyin: Zhōngguóhuà; or Chinese:...

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ISO 639-2 Code:

  • chi

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ISO 639-3 Code:

  • zho

ISO 639-1 Code:

  • zh

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Standard Mandarin

Standard Mandarin, or Standard Chinese, known by various names to native speakers, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan, and is one of the four official languages of Singapore. The phonology of Standard...

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ISO 639-3 Code:

  • cmn

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Tamil Language

Tamil (தமிழ் tamiḻ; IPA: [t̪ɐmɨɻ]) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Puducherry. Tamil is also an...

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ISO 639-2 Code:

  • tam

Rosetta Project Code:

  • tam

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ISO 639-3 Code:

  • tam

ISO 639-1 Code:

  • ta

Malay Language

Malay is a group of languages closely related to each other to the point of mutual intelligibility but that linguists consider to be separate languages. They are grouped into a group called "Local Malay", part of a larger group called "Malayan"...

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ISO 639-3 Code:

  • mly

ISO 639-1 Code:

  • ms

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English Language

English is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and...

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ISO 639-2 Code:

  • eng

ISO 639-3 Code:

  • eng

ISO 639-1 Code:

  • en
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