singapore is an asian country that has four official languages but only one national language.
singapore is an asian country that has four official languages but only one national language.
which asian country has four official languages but only one national language?
singapore
during the first "kongres pemuda" of indonesia held in 1926, in the "sumpah pemuda", malay language was proclaimed as the unifying language for the nation of indonesia. in 1945, the language which later renamed "bahasa indonesia", or indonesian in 1928 became the national language as enshrined in the constitution of an independent indonesia. later in 1957, malay language was elevated to the status of national language for the independent federation of malaya (later reconstituted as malaysia in 1963). then in 1959, malay language also received the status of national language in brunei, although it only ceased to become a british protectorate in 1984. when singapore separated from malaysia in 1965, malay became the national language of the new republic and one of the four official languages. the emergence of these newly independent states paved the way for a broader and widespread use of malay (or indonesian) in government administration and education. colleges and universities with malay as their primary medium of instructions were introduced and bloomed as the prominent centres for researches and production of new intellectual writings in malay. after east timor independence, indonesian language become one of the working languages.
history of the malay language
the organization's official languages are spanish, portuguese, french and english. the charter, the basic instrument governing oas, makes no reference to the use of official languages. these references are to be found in the rules of procedure governing the various oas bodies. article 51 of the rules of procedure of the general assembly, the supreme body of the oas, which meets once a year, states that english, french, portuguese and spanish are the four official languages. article 28 stipulates that a style committee shall be set up with representatives of the four official languages to review the general assembly resolutions and declarations. article 53 states that proposals shall be presented in the four official languages. the rules of procedure and statutes of other bodies, such as the inter-american council for integral development (cidi), the permanent executive committee of the inter-american council for integral development (cepcidi), the inter-american commission of women (cim), the inter-american drug abuse control commission (cicad), the inter-american commission on human rights (iachr) and the inter-american juridical committee (cji), technical bodies of the oas, also mention the four official languages in which their meetings are to be conducted. policy is therefore dictated through these instruments that require use of the four official languages at meetings.
organization of american states