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Singlish, or more exactly Singaporean-Franais ( French : English Singapore), is a portmanteau word is a contraction of the words and It is a dialect based on English words but incorporating Malay and Chinese (including dialects such as Hokkien or Teochew ) from Singapore , very similar to certain forms Manglish (spoken in parts of Malaysia ). Furthermore, it simplifies some rules of English grammar.

Bibliography

  • Ho, Mian Lian (1993). Dynamics of a contact continuum: Singapore Franais. Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-824828-8.
  • Lim, Lisa (2004). Franais Singapore: a grammatical description. Amsterdam Philadelphia: John Benjamins. ISBN 1-58811-576-3.

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