The other mother tongues of Singaporean Indians

• Main Author: Jain, Ritu
• Other Authors: R. Jain
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2023
• Subjects: Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics; Humanities::Language::Linguistics; Indians Multilingualism Diaspora Policy; Singapore
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164049; https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9780429280146/multilingual-singapore-ritu-jain
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Comprising a mere 9% of the total population, the Indian community is the smallest of the three ethnic groups of Singapore. Its representative language, Tamil, is spoken by approximately half (54%) of the community, while the rest speak languages such as Malayalam, Punjabi, Hindi, etc. Institutional...