Chinese

Interesting Facts About The Chinese Language:

The Chinese language dates back to 1250 BCE. It is a group of language varieties spoken by the Han Chinese majority. it is spoken by around 1.2 billion people as a first language. The most widely spoken variation is Mandarin Chinese with about 800 million speakers. The Beijing Dialect of Mandarin was adopted in the 1930's and is now the official language of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China.

Due China's growing global influence and economic expansion, the teaching of Mandarin is becoming more widely applied in countries like the USA, and is a popular subject of study in countries like the UK.