The original early immigrants to Singapore formed communities of separate dialects, and communication was not easy. As a result, the government promoted Mandarin to replace such dialects as Fukienese, Hakka and Hainanese and serve as a common language for all Chinese.
原來新加坡早期以移民社會起家，形成了各種不同的方言族群，溝通不易，因此政府推廣華語，用以取代紛雜的閩南、客家、潮州、海南話等，成為華族互相溝通的語言，至今已有相當成效。