High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Indian languages in Singapore are mainly used by the country`s 332,300 ethnic South Asian residents, who form about 9% of Singaporean citizens and permanent residents. As a result of historical migration and settlement patterns, Singapore Indians came to the island from various parts of South Asia speaking a variety of Indian languages. Today, most ethnic Indians in Singapore are locally-born second, third, fourth or even fifth generation descendants of immigrant forefathers. In addition, a substantial minority are recent immigrants from the Indian subcontinent.