International Mother Language Day!

February 21 is International Mother Language Day!

February 21 was proclaimed International Mother Language Day by UNESCO’s General Conference in November 1999 and has been observed every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.

So many languages die out because their own native speakers don't recognize the value of them. They choose to learn regional and international languages in order to survive and compete in a global economy. But they lose a great cultural heritage in the process.

Celebrate your Mother Language today, whether it is an international language like English, Russian or French, a regional language like Swahili or Persian, or a language spoken little outside its home territory like Igbo, Icelandic or Tibetan!