International Mother Language Day
Last Thursday we celebrated the International Mother Language Day in our school and we went to the library with our English teacher.
We learnt that 21 February was proclaimed the International Mother Language Day by UNESCO on 17 November 1999. Its observance was also formally recognized by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution establishing 2008 as the International Year of Languages.
The International Mother Language Day was originated as the international recognition of Language Movement Day, which has been commemorated in Bangladesh since 1952, when a number of Bangladeshi university students was killed by the East Pakistan police and army in Dhaka.
This day is very important to promote linguist and cultural diversity and multilingualism. In the entire world are spoken 6700 languages and Portuguese is the sixth most spoken language.
Last Thursday we celebrated the International Mother Language Day in our school and we went to the library with our English teacher.
We learnt that 21 February was proclaimed the International Mother Language Day by UNESCO on 17 November 1999. Its observance was also formally recognized by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution establishing 2008 as the International Year of Languages.
The International Mother Language Day was originated as the international recognition of Language Movement Day, which has been commemorated in Bangladesh since 1952, when a number of Bangladeshi university students was killed by the East Pakistan police and army in Dhaka.
This day is very important to promote linguist and cultural diversity and multilingualism. In the entire world are spoken 6700 languages and Portuguese is the sixth most spoken language.
Joana Araújo, 1106
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Bom dia. I posted a link to this entry on a list of blogs that mention the International Year of Languages.
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