International Mother Language Day
International Mother Language Day is observed on 21st February every year to promote linguistic culture and diversity. International Mother Language Day was proclaimed by UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) in November 1999 to promote, protect and develop the languages across the world and to promote peace and tranquility. International Mother Language Day has been observed since 2000 to promote and protect Linguistic Culture and diversity across the world. International Mother Language Day 2020 International Mother Language Day 2020 will be celebrated on 21st February, Friday. The 2019 theme for the day was “Indigenous Language matter for development, peace, building and reconciliation”. UNESCO celebrated the International Mother Language Day at its headquarter in France. There were various seminars and workshops which were conducted to mark the day. The event was started by the opening speech given by two Permanent Delegates to UNESCO and a representative of la Francophoneie. The event was concluded by a debate based on the topic “Languages count”. In Bulgaria, reading of Shakespeare in 32 languages was carried out on the occasion at Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Various other countries like South Africa, Mongolia, and Japan also presented their cultural traditions in the event. Bangladesh, the volunteer of the International Mother Language Day, celebrated ‘Shaheed Dibas’ on the day to pay tributes to the martyrs of the language movement in Bangladesh which helped to establish the right...
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