> Singlish is not a unique or separate langauage, or even an actual language. As far as I know, Singlish is widely regarded as a creole language. Yes, a large

> Singlish is not a unique or separate langauage, or even an actual language. As far as I know, Singlish is widely regarded as a creole language. Yes, a large part of the vocabulary is English words, but it is very different when it comes to grammar and it uses a lot of loan words from east Asian languages that aren't in English dialects around the world. The idea that Singlish is just uneducated Singaporean English is purely a political one. > An American English speaker will likely have much better chance of understanding a Singaporean than understanding some of the U.K. dialects. I've seen a few dozen sentences of Singlish and I would understand it about as well as I'd understand any other English based creole - I'd understand the English words and not much else. The problems that different English dialects have when trying to understand each other are accents and local slang - but the grammar and written language are largely the same. On the other hand, large parts of the Singlish vocabulary differ from English, and the grammar is substantially different, even when written.