Which came first Japanese or Chinese?
After surviving millennia it finally had a standard written form, and is now one of the most spoken languages in the world! So Chinese predates both Japanese and Korean, and, interestingly, it had a big influence on both.
Japan. Japan is arguably the oldest country in the world. Dating back to 660 BCE, the nation was founded by Emperor Jimmu, and is at least 2,600 years old.
It´s an honour that Japan is certificated as the oldest country in the world but we can´t ignore some small doubts either. By the way, the second oldest country is Denmark, which founded in the 10th century. And until 1974, Ethiopia was the oldest Imperial in the world.
The study revealed for the Japanese as a whole, some genetic components from all of the Central, East, Southeast and South Asian populations are prevalent in the Japanese population with the major components of ancestry profile coming from the Korean and Han Chinese clusters.
"Chapter 5 - The Japanese Colonial Empire 1895-1945".
- Iran - 3200 BCE.
- Egypt - 3100 BCE.
- Vietnam - 2879 BCE.
- Armenia - 2492 BCE.
- North Korea - 2333 BCE.
- China - 2070 BCE.
- India - 2000 BCE.
- Georgia - 1300 BCE.
By many accounts, the Republic of San Marino, one of the world's smallest countries, is also the world's oldest country. The tiny country that is completely landlocked by Italy was founded on September 3rd in the year 301 BCE.
3100 BCE. Around this time period, Upper and Lower Egypt were unified into a single kingdom by King Menes – Menes is actually the Egyptian word for founder and many historians believe that founder of Egypt was a ruler named Narmer. This makes Egypt the oldest country in the world.
From around the middle of the 11th century B.C.E. to 300 B.C.E., Japan was populated by a Neolithic civilization called the Jômon (rope pattern) culture. This group of hunters and gatherers decorated their pottery by twisting rope around the wet clay, to produce a distinctive pattern.
Japan's culture is substantially derived from Tang Dynasty China. Korea's was strongly influenced by China's art and religion. Same holds true for Southeast Asia, Vietnam in particular.
When did Japan start using Chinese?
The significant use of Chinese characters in Japan first began to take hold around the 5th century AD and has since made a profound influence in shaping Japanese culture, language, literature, history, and records.
