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Ethnic Groups in Singapore |
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The ethnically diverse culture of Singapore is an important cause for its special attraction. Singapore is also a multi-religious country due to the fact that it is situated along one of the most important transportation routes of the world. The three-fourth of the population comprises of the Chinese people. The Indian community is considered to be the third largest ethnic group while the Malays enjoy the reputation of being the second largest group. Our site focussingapore offers detailed information about ethnic groups in Singapore.
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Chinese, English, Malay and Tamil are the four official languages of the nation. Chinese is basically spoken in the household while English is used for administration and business purposes. The Singaporean Chinese consists of 76.4% of the population. Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Mandarin, Teochew and English are the major languages spoken by the Singaporean Chinese people.
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| Lantern Festival, Hungry Ghost Festival and Chinese New Year are the most popular festivals of the Chinese people. Singaporean Malays are considered to be the indigenous native group of the country. They cover 14.9% of the population. A large number of Indians also reside in Singapore as most of the people work in the foreign firms that play a pivotal role in developing the economy of the nation. It constitutes 6.4 % of the population and comprises of people belonging to various dialects. People speaking English, Tamil, Malaylee, Panjabi, Chinese and Malay are generally found in Singapore. In order to collect more information on demography of Singapore log on to our site focussingapore.
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