Assertion: speaker's language | /r/HasProperty | the lingua franca
Facets:
value: as a working language
type: MANNER
value: for most post-independence singaporeans
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Also, in Singapore, "mother tongue" refers to the language of one's ethnic group regardless of actual proficiency, and the "first language" refers to English, which was established on the island under the British Empire, and is the lingua franca for most post-independence Singaporeans because of its use as the language of instruction in government schools and as a working language.