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Preserving Singapore's Chinese dialect heritage — one phrase at a time.
"A language lost is a culture lost." — Promote dialect preservation in Singapore.
The Singlish we speak every day — at the market, in NS, at the kopitiam — is woven through with dialect. Discover where your favourite phrases really come from.
From "bojio" to "jialat", the phrases that make Singlish uniquely ours are rooted in Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew, Hakka and Hainanese. Every time you say "walao" or "paiseh", you're speaking dialect — and keeping it alive.
Preserving Singapore's Chinese dialect heritage — one phrase at a time.
"A language lost is a culture lost." — Promote dialect preservation in Singapore.