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Eh, this kind of thing is surprisingly common. Singlish, the lingua franca of Singapore, is loosely based on English but incorporates vocab and grammar from a s
by jpatokal 9y ago
Eh, this kind of thing is surprisingly common. Singlish, the lingua franca of Singapore, is loosely based on English but incorporates vocab and grammar from a slew of Chinese dialects (Hokkien, Hakka, Teochew, Cantonese, Mandarin), Malay and various Indian languages as well. And English itself is also an unholy mess of imports from everywhere.