Some worry, however, that the island's unique patois known as Singlish could be lost, and with it an important cultural glue unifying the multiethnic, multi-religious city-state of 5.1 million people.

有些人担心，当地独特的方言土语，人称“新”式英语的语言会消失。这种语言是重要的文化粘合剂，把这个多种种族、多种宗教信仰的城市国家的五百一十万人民联合起来。