Singapore has launched a mobile app to kindle interest and help young children understand the Tamil language, one of the four official languages in the city state.
Tamil language mobile app launched by Singapore
The “Arumbu” app was launched at the opening of the 14th Tamil Internet Conference yesterday which is being attended by 150 Tamil speaking delegates from Singapore and 200 from 10 countries.
“Pre-school children can soon benefit from the Arumbu app.It harnesses audio and visual technologies to inspire an interest in the Tamil language among young children,” said S Iswaran, Singapore Minister in the Prime Minister Office, while opening the conference. Singapore has always welcomed the use of technology to cultivate the Tamil language. “We have successfully developed mobile apps and academic software such as Singai Agaram, an English to Tamil and Tamil to Tamil digital dictionary to facilitate and encourage the use of the Tamil language,” Iswaran said.
“Our efforts towards promoting the Tamil language and reaching out to the public through mass media technologies are also noteworthy, he said.
UniSIM, or the Singapore Institute of Management University, offers the Bachelor of Arts in Tamil Language and Literature (BATL) programme, which is the first and only undergraduate Tamil language and literature programme in Singapore. The three day conference that ends tomorrow is attended by foreign delegates from India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, the Middle East, Australia, France, Switzerland, Canada, the US and the UK.
Tamil language mobile app launched by Singapore
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