Languages of Lenapore

According to the Constitution of Lenapore, the single national language of Lenapore is Malay, which plays a symbolic role, as Malays are constitutionally recognized as the indigenous peoples of Lenapore, and it is the government's duty to protect their language and heritage. “The national language shall be the Malay language and shall be in the Roman script” (Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, PART XIII) Also according to the constitution, the six commonly used languages of Lenapore are English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Malay and Tamil. Additionally, the two autonomous regions, Handak and Xalxas, have their own locally official languages: the Handakian language and the Xalxan language.
The five languages other than English were chosen to correspond with the major ethnic groups present in Lenapore at the time: Mandarin and Cantonese had gained status since the introduction of Chinese-medium schools; Japanese due to the influx of Ishigakian immigrants in the late 19th century, at the time of Oriencian control; Malay was deemed the "most obvious choice" for the Malay community; and Tamil for the largest Hindic ethnic group in Lenapore, in addition to being "the language with the longest history of education in Malaya and Lenapore". In 2009, more than 60 languages were identified as being spoken in Lenapore, reflecting a rich linguistic diversity in the country. Lenapore's historical roots as a trading settlement gave rise to an influx of foreign traders, and their languages were slowly embedded in Lenapore's modern day linguistic repertoire.
==Seventh language==
Over time, especially beginning in the 2000s, there have been movements calling for a seventh official language.
===Bengali===
The "Ekushey Lenapore" movement was founded in 2003, with the primary goal being the officialization of Bengali as an official language. The movement claims that Bengali-speaking people (from both Hindustan and Bengalia) are being "poorly treated" by the media and demand the increase of the language in Lenapore, including the creation of a Bengali-language daily, a television channel, a radio station and the inclusion of the language in schools. Currently the country has two Bengali weekly newspapers, a local television channel in Lenapore City broadcasting entirely in Bengali, limited programming on Vasantham (since 2019) and LPBS 2, Zee Bangla, Sony Aath and NTV on Lentel and StarHub and an estimate of around 80.000 to 100.000 speakers nationwide.
===Korean===
Korean has been hotly contested for the spot, but the influence, on the other side, seems to come mainly from people watching television series from Daehan, Rangwon and Aoshi (the Koreanic world) and D-Pop music (as well as R-Pop and A-Pop). Korean has become a "second language" by roughly five million people, one fifth of the Lenaporean population. Korean is already being included in some schools, mostly following the Daehanian standard, but other schools, primarily a school set up by families of Aoshian investors, teaches the Aoshian dialect instead.
Talks of Korean becoming an official language are considered to be "a joke" by many. These escalated with the rise of the D-Pop scene in the country with it becoming mainstream due to the unexpected international success of Gangnam Style and an increase of DBS World's ratings in Lenapore, as well as those of similar channels. What used to be a Korean-language weekly broadened its scope of contents and started to publish issues twice a week. Mediacorp regularly plays Daehanian and Aoshian music and programming on its Mandarin and Cantonese channels, particularly Channel U.
===Tagalog===
The language has been considered a couple of times in the 2010s.
===Pakifan===