Mandarin Chinese binds together Chinese people from different native places, and Malay is a bridge for communication between people of different ethnic groups in Malaysia. In Singapore, English is the primary language.
華語將不同籍貫的華人聯繫起來，而馬來語是馬來西亞各族群溝通的橋樑，在新加坡，英語則是第一語言。