Editing Singapore English (section)

== Other official languages in Singapore ==
English is Singapore's main and one of the four official languages, along with [[Malay language|Malay]], [[Standard Mandarin|Chinese]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]].<ref name="Constitution of Singapore">[http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/aol/search/display/view.w3p;ident=5eb795f2-ceb1-488a-a70b-71d251cb741a;page=0;query=CompId%3Afadfb638-9566-417c-ae6b-b68384ce5834;rec=0;resUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fstatutes.agc.gov.sg%2Faol%2Fbrowse%2FtitleResults.w3p%3Bletter%3DConstitutional%2520Documents%3Btype%3DactsAll#pr153A-he-. 153A Official languages and national language, Part XIII General Provisions, Constitution of the Republic of Singapore].</ref> The symbolic national language is Malay for historical reasons.<ref name="Constitution of Singapore" /> All official signs, legislation and documents are required to be in English, although translations in the other official languages are sometimes included, though it is not necessary. Under the [[Education in Singapore|education system]], English is the language of instruction for all subjects except the official Mother Tongue languages (the other three official languages) and the literatures of those languages.