Waking through the streets of Singapore, you can hear different languages spoken, such as English, Chinese and Malay.

醒来在新加坡的路上，你可以听到人们说不同的语言，比如英语、汉语和马来西亚语。

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The next most common languages spoken at home are Chinese (2.1%), Italian (1.9%) and Greek (1.4%).

接下来普遍的口语就是华语(2.1%)，意大利语(1.9%)和希腊语(1.4%)。

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Besides, the habitants have developed both their own written and spoken languages, and the long poems they wrote play an important role in Chinese literature.

此外，居民已经开发了自己的口语和书面语，和长的诗写在中国文学中发挥重要的作用。

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Malay remains the national language (there are four official languages), but it is not spoken by most Chinese and is largely seen as a relic of Singapore's past union with Malaysia.

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