However, probably the most remarkable development is in Singapore. English is co-official with Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil, but is the only language known to all younger Singaporeans. An explicit state educational policy has made them fluent in an English with both a prestigious standard variety based on UK usage and a vibrant vernacular known as ‘Singlish’, which serves them well informally but troubles some of their elders. However, the entire spectrum of English in Singapore is now so safe that the island nation may soon be treated worldwide as a native English-speaking Country - but 'native' eden and interesting new sense whose closest earlier linguistic equivalent is the everyday English of those citizens of the Irish Republic, a majority, whose ancestors spoke Irish Gaelic.