International Mother Language Day 2022: International Mother Language Day is being celebrated across the world today on 21 February. The purpose of celebrating Mother Language Day is to spread awareness among people around the world about the diversity of their language and culture so that multilingualism can be promoted in the world. International Mother Language Day is celebrated every year on 21 February.
The idea of celebrating International Mother Language Day first came from Bangladesh. The General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was declared on 17 November 1999 as Mother Language Day. In it was decided that February 21 will be celebrated as International Mother Language Day.
In 1952, students and social workers of Dhaka University in Bangladesh organized a movement on 21 February to maintain the existence of their mother tongue. Many youths of Bangladesh were martyred in this movement. In memory of these martyred youth, UNESCO announced for the first time in the year 1991 that February 21 would be celebrated as Mother Language Day. The first International Mother Language Day was celebrated in the year 2000. In Bangladesh, February 21 is a national holiday.
In 2002, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) welcomed UNESCO’s decision to celebrate International Mother Language Day. On 16 May 2007, the United Nations General Assembly also sent a resolution to the member states “to promote the protection of all languages used by the peoples of the world”.
Why is Mother Language Day celebrated?
know what happens on International Mother Language day?
Why is Mother Language Day celebrated?
The purpose behind celebrating International Mother Language Day is to respect the languages and cultures of the world. The purpose of celebrating this day is to promote linguistic and cultural diversity around the world and to make people aware of different mother tongues in the world.
Know what happens on International Mother Language Day
With the help of the mother language, not only does it get easier to know and understand the regional language, but it also becomes easier to communicate with each other. On International Mother Language Day, they are seen talking to each other in their mother tongue. This day is also celebrated as a festival. Seminars are also organized at this place.
Many big countries working together
To know the diversity of the language in detail, many countries have also decided to work together on this subject. Under this, now a person of one region will not only be able to know the mother tongue of the person of another region but will also be able to learn it. Let us tell you that in many big countries including India, many schemes are also being prepared to make the language simple and accessible. At the same time, new courses on the language are being prepared in universities too, so that students can get information about different languages.
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