Why are Chinese and Singapore languages so similar? Who imitated who?

Because Singaporeans immigrated from Guangdong, China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Singapore has a population of 365,438+million, of which 76% are from China, about 15% are Malays, and the rest are Indians, Pakistanis, Sri Lankan Tamils and Westerners.

The national language of Singapore is Malay. The official languages of Singapore are mainly English, Chinese, Wu (Malay) and Hindi. Because the early immigrants in Singapore mainly came from Guangdong, Fujian and Hainan. Therefore, during the British colonial period, even until the 1980s, most Chinese Singaporeans used dialects in their family and social interaction.

But since the 1970s. The enrollment of Chinese schools in Singapore is getting worse. In 73-80, Langhua Chinese School should offer English classes. Take precautions and "stay in Castle Peak" for China students. Not afraid of no firewood! "Parents born after 1980s know that if school-age children don't take English as the first source of education, their life and social survival will be greatly affected when they grow up! Education schools in China are gradually closing down. A relatively large-scale capital reform has turned into a single-source school dominated by English. This is the general trend.

Because the teachers of Singaporean immigrants are mostly from China, Guangdong, Fujian and Hainan. So many teachers teach Chinese and their subjects with local accents. Strictly speaking, the Singaporean immigrant generation. Mother tongue Chinese is mixed with the teacher's mother tongue or local accent. Therefore, it is not standard Mandarin. As far as characters are concerned, they were all traditional characters before 1980s, and simplified characters were not introduced until the end of 1980s.