Like its Singlish equivalent, Singdarin evolved because many Singaporean-Chinese families have a mixed language environment. For instance, one parent might speak English while the other speaks Chinese, leading to their children combining and mixing the two languages together in a process known as creolization.
Singdarin has also evolved largely due to Singapore being a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-lingual society. One of the most important policies of the Singapore government is to ensure social and multi-ethnic harmony. Therefore, instead of letting certain racial/ethnic group to live in an isolated community like they did in the past, the Singapore government encourages the majority of Singaporeans to live in HDB flats that have now become a melting pot of Chinese, Malays, Indians and other different ethnicities who speak different languages. This is believed to reduce differences between the diverse linguistic and ethnic groups in Singapore.
As the majority of Singaporeans live in HDB flats, which have families coming from various linguistic, racial and ethnic background, there is a tendency for different languages to be mixed in order to facilitate more effective communication between the different races. In short, it leads to the creation of a hybrid culture (known colloquially as a "rojak" culture).
This and the tendency for the Singaporean Chinese people to use the mixed language that they use at home in daily colloqual conversation has since influenced the Mandarin spoken in schools, resulting in "Singdarin" being formed.It was in this environment that Singdarin was formed.
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