What language does Singapore ACTUALLY speak?

I learnt so much from making this video, and I have a lot of knowledge now HAHA #teacherbao
Let me know in the comments below what you think and if I got any facts wrong!!

00:00 Introduction
01:05 The short answer
01:24 English + Mother Tongue
01:59 My sources of information
02:56 Why Singapore doesn't have just ONE language
03:38 Our 4 main races
04:10 What is Mother Tongue?
04:33 A little fun fact for my Singaporean friends
04:54 Why I can't guarantee everyone in Singapore speak English
05:15 History on our educational system
05:28 What does it mean to have a vernacular education system in the olden days
06:25 When parents start sending their children to English medium schools
07:03 Why our founding father pushed English as our first language
08:20 So then, who in Singapore can definitely speak English?
08:31 A personal story of my dad
09:11 Singlish and how it came about
10:26 Why the phenomenon of Singlish is actually common in many parts of the world
10:59 So if I'm visiting Singapore, does that mean I have to speak Singlish?
11:10 For our Chinese visitors, can our Chinese speak Chinese?
11:20 For our Malay or Indian visitors, can our Malays/Indians speak Malay/Indian languages?
11:33 Final thoughts and why you should visit us!

Credits to NLB website and articles:
https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/article-d....
https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/article-d....
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspap...

Credits to other websites:
https://www.moe.gov.sg/primary/curric...
https://www.guidemesingapore.com/busi....
https://www.sg/emergingstrongerconver...
https://www.timeout.com/singapore/res...
https://danielfooddiary.com/2019/08/0...
https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Lee-Kua...

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