You will forever be a complete stranger if you don't even try to learn the local language. If you live in Singapore learning Malay is recommended it is an very

You will forever be a complete stranger if you don't even try to learn the local language. If you live in Singapore learning Malay is recommended it is an very easy and forgiving language. Being one of the most spoken languages in the region I think there are over 100 million speakers of different variants, and probably a lot more that can communicate with it.