Student Devni Chamodya Kaluarachchi often takes Chinese hawkers by surprise when she slips effortlessly into Mandarin to buy food.
A Singaporean of Sri Lankan ethnicity, the 14-year-old began studying the language in kindergarten, following in her older brother's footsteps.Enjoy unlimited access to ST's best work Subscribe Now
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
Hope ur gonna cover a guy from Shanghai who speaks Hindi well next... or a Serbian girl who speaks fluent Malay.. Then maybe I would pay for ur articles bruh
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We just need an average Singaporean to sing the national anthem properly and meant their pledge. That is all.
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