If English is your first language, you can listen to and read three other languages in Singapore, Malay, written in familiar Roman script, Chinese, written in symbols, and Tamil, with pretty curves.
In the lifts (Americans say elevators) and on station platforms you can read signs in four languages. On the trains, you can hear the four languages.
Malay
Danger
Danger keep out translates as Bahaya Jangan Dekat
Put the individual words into translate google and you get
bahaya - danger
jangan - don't
dekat - near
At the end of the announcements you hear thank you.
The Chinese (mandarin) sounds like shay shay.
The Malay sounds like terima kasih.
The Tamil sounds like Nanri.
Flag of India
The Etymology and Translation of Navrati
(Festivals of) Navaratri - nava is nine, ratri is nights.
Hindu and Hindi
Hindus and the people and Hindi is a language.
Useful Websites
https://www.holidify.com/pages/singapore-languages-629.html
Tamil alphabet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETU6z5dSPTY
General Languages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Language
Facebook chats
https://m.facebook.com/people/Polyglot-Club-Singapore/100074282094582/
Language Learning
Hindi numbers one to ten and eleven onwards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2-YUzP7W5w
Hindi and Tamil numbers one to ten
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ya8dsK_Bec
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