Countries that speak English as Native Language

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Anonymous  #169244  Mon, 12 Dec 05 09:41 PM

In Singapore, everything in school is taught in English. Constitution, Newspapers, road signs, restaurant menus, and even little instruction guides for almost all products are written in English. Most people are billingual with English as their primary language. But the population is predominately Chinese, with Malays and Indians making up the rest.(You'll see a random Caucassian from time to time) Should English be considered a native language in Singapore then?

  
Anonymous  #210891  Thu, 30 Mar 06 04:25 AM
yes
  
H1ph0pb0y  #215082  Thu, 13 Apr 06 07:34 PM
 Anonymous wrote:

In Singapore, everything in school is taught in English. Constitution, Newspapers, road signs, restaurant menus, and even little instruction guides for almost all products are written in English. Most people are billingual with English as their primary language. But the population is predominately Chinese, with Malays and Indians making up the rest.(You'll see a random Caucassian from time to time) Should English be considered a native language in Singapore then?

yes, but english in sing is influenced by chinese a lot, i have so many friends now studying in sing and they said english there is Singlish and if u(not a native english) wanna improve ur english u shouldn't go to sing

  
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Thethenothere123  #215228  Fri, 14 Apr 06 07:40 AM
Most people from Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland) speak English fluently as well.
  
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Anonymous  #225859  Tue, 16 May 06 02:16 PM
I am interested in knowing what the native language of the Bahamas is?  How do you say "Best Wishes Always" in their native language?
  
Mister Micawber  #225874  Tue, 16 May 06 03:07 PM

When Columbus discovered the Bahamas, only Arawak Indians inhabited them.  I doubt there remains any record of how to say 'Best Wishes Always' in Arawak.

Currently, its principal languages are English and Creole (spoken by Haitian immigrants).  In English, it would be 'Best Wishes Always'.  I don't know any Haitian Creole, but there are a couple of online dictionaries: Meye/miyo  swete ... but they don't appear to have a word for 'always'.

  
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adomi  #226197  Wed, 17 May 06 03:54 PM
Countries like Cameroon are really complicated, because we do not have a 'Native' language, and though French and English are the official languages, I must admit that they are unevenly distributed over the country. People mostly think of Cameroon as a French speaking country because 70% of the population speaks French, and you'll hardly find a Cameroonian, except for those living/working/studying(in English ) abroad who can express himself  in both English and French.
  
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Anonymous  #249123  Wed, 26 Jul 06 04:00 PM

Hi, i am just doing an essay about the spread of English around the world. Though i can answer your question.

There are 350 million of people speaking as ENL, which the countries are (mainly): UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

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Bystander  #254003  Wed, 09 Aug 06 01:00 PM
 H1ph0pb0y wrote:
 Anonymous wrote:

In Singapore, everything in school is taught in English. Constitution, Newspapers, road signs, restaurant menus, and even little instruction guides for almost all products are written in English. Most people are billingual with English as their primary language. But the population is predominately Chinese, with Malays and Indians making up the rest.(You'll see a random Caucassian from time to time) Should English be considered a native language in Singapore then?

yes, but english in sing is influenced by chinese a lot, i have so many friends now studying in sing and they said english there is Singlish and if u(not a native english) wanna improve ur english u shouldn't go to sing

yes, you are right,I am studying in Singapore now,their English pronunciation is quite strange.Their English is affected by the other three languages(Malay,Chinese &Tamil),recently,the ministry of education here appeal to Singaporeans to speak proper English.

  
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