Language is a symbol of a country's culture, and without writing, everyday communication and the continuation of civilization cannot continue. Therefore, Qin Shi Huang's move to unify the writing in that year has been widely praised by future generations. Nowadays, many foreigners who are interested in Chinese culture have even gone to learn fluent Chinese in order to learn Chinese culture well.
As China's influence continues to expand, so do more and more People who speak Chinese. Therefore, among the six working languages established by the United Nations, Chinese is among them.
In addition to Chinese, there are also English, French, Russian, Spanish and Arabic. The reason why English can be selected, I think everyone understands, after all, the scope of influence of English is too large, and English is even a main subject in the mainland. The reason why Chinese, English, French and Russian are selected is first of all because the countries behind these languages are one of the five permanents, and these languages have cultural connotations and certain influences.
In the case of French, there are actually many French speakers in Europe and the United States, and Spanish is selected because many American countries have listed it as an official language, while Arabic is because it is used very frequently in the Middle East.
However, Japan is not satisfied with this result. Although Japan has not become one of the five permanents, It believes that it is ahead of the world in all aspects of development. And Japanese anime culture is also popular around the world. As a result, Japan had repeatedly applied to the United Nations for the inclusion of the Japanese language, but had been rejected.
From the six languages mentioned above, it can be seen that the United Nations selection criteria have been carefully considered. The most important point is that the selected language must have a certain influence in the world, not just people in this country, which Japan does not meet.
Although there are many people who like to watch anime, people learn Japanese for hobbies and hobbies, and they are not used in daily communication. The work of the United Nations is not just for one country, but for the whole world. A country's language cannot be adopted just because of its large population.
But our Chinese is different, not only some Southeast Asian countries can speak Chinese. Even in many Western countries, there are a large number of people studying or working abroad who speak Chinese, and they themselves promote the spread of Chinese in the local area. Moreover, Japanese is not an independent language, and its birth and evolution have been influenced by foreign cultures. Even most Japanese have a lot of Kanji mixed in. In every way, Japanese is not suitable for use.
The function of language is to facilitate communication and information transmission, especially for a large international organization such as the United Nations, and it should be more careful when choosing language. Therefore, even if Japan applied for it many times, it was not granted.