Chinese is one of the oldest languages ​​still in use

Chinese is the first language spoken by the largest number of people in the world. About 1.2 billion people consider Chinese as their first language. The origin of this language dates back to 1250 BC, to the last Shang dynasty. Along with the Tamil language, Chinese is one of the oldest surviving languages ​​in the world.

Along with English, Arabic, French, Russian and Spanish, Mandarin Chinese is one of the six official languages ​​of the United Nations.