ThroughouthistoryChinesecultureandpoliticshashadagreatinfluenceonunrelatedlanguagessuchasKoreanandJapanese.KoreanandJapanesebothhavewritingsystemsemployingChinesecharacters. 　　LanguageswithintheinfluenceofChineseculturealsohaveaverylargenumberofloanwordsfromChinese.FiftypercentormoreofKoreanvocabularyisofChineseorigin,likewiseforasignificantpercentageofJapaneseandVietnamesevocabulary. 　　LoanwordsfromChinesealsoexistinEuropeanlanguagessuchasEnglish.Examplesofsuchwordsare"tea"fromtheMinnanpronunciationof茶,"ketchup"fromtheCantonesepronunciationof茄汁and"kumquat"fromtheCantonesepronunciationof金橘. 　　Nowadays,moreandmorepeopleintheworldpreferlearingChineseandunderstandingtheitscultureasChinahasbeenplayingmoreandmoreimportantroleintheworldaffairs.