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UN Chinese Language Day – April 20
April 21 , 2021
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- The event was established by the UN Department of Public Information in 2010.
- April 20 was chosen as the date "to pay tribute to Cangjie.
- It aims to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity.
- It also aims to promote equal use of all six of its official working languages throughout the organization
- Cangjie is a mythical figure who is presumed to have invented Chinese characters about 5,000 years ago.
- There are six official languages of the UN.
- These are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
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