 Below are the phonological sounds used from the International Phonetic Alphabet used in Singlish.Singlish is prominently used in local coffee shops, or "kopitiams" (the word is obtained by combining the Malay word for coffee and the Hokkien word for 'shop'), and other eateries.Local names of many food and drink items have become Singlish and consist of words from different languages and are indicative of the multi-racial society in Singapore.