Malay Tamil Karu Official scripts Malay alphabet English alphabet Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Jawi script Tamil script Ethnic groups   55.8% Chinese ; * 47% Hakka , * 27% Hokkien , * 16% Cantonese , * 10% Mixed/other , 16.5% Malay , 7.5% Indian , 18.6% Karu , 1.6% Other ethnicities