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_Manali_

@_Manali_

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Posted: 12 years ago

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Hello Friends

today is International Mother Language Day

International Mother Language Day is celebrated every year on 21st February. The main purpose of celebrating this day is to promote the awareness of language and cultural diversity all across the world. It was first announced by UNESCO on November 17, 1999. Since then it is being celebrated every year. The date represents the day 21st February 1952 when four young students were killed in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, because of Bengali and Urdu language controversy. Languages are the most powerful way to preserve and develop culture and to promote it all across the world. Because of this unfortunate incident, International Mother Language Day is celebrated in all over the world, while it is a public holiday in Bangladesh.

International Mother Language Day is celebrated in memory of the four students who were killed while fighting for their mother language and is celebrated to tell them that we will never forget their sacrifices.

Edited by ilove..sidyusha - 12 years ago

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HemaG

@HemaG

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Posted: 12 years ago

Hey Manu...u back with this type of posts...🥳

tfs...

and thanks for coming back too...😳

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dsupriya

@dsupriya

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Posted: 12 years ago

Hey Manu you are back, awesome post and required post in today's age, where people consider not knowing english as inferior.

So unfortunate that in our country we give so much of thrust and importance to English and neglect our own mother language. Ridiculing if people cant speak english.

👏👏 In wake of that it is awesome post

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seetha74

@seetha74

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Posted: 12 years ago

We love our mother language and respect others language as well. We celebrate IMLD worldwide to increase cross-cultural communication and international friendship.

The International Mother Language Day (IMLD) will be observed today (Friday) with the theme Local languages for global citizenship: spotlight on science', while a special rally in favour of local languages will be organised in the city Mumbai !

We face a global crisis of language endangerment ! Many of the estimated 6000 languages

Currently spoken will not survive in to the 22^nd century !

On Friday, Feb. 21^st we will celebrate IML Day .A new hashtag for your tweet, and a better one for indigenous languages is on it's way !

Losing a language means losing a tremendous intellectual repository and so much more !

Language encodes cultural practices, and traditional knowledge about plants, animals, weather and healing !

The loss of a language is profound !

Just imagine being unable to speak with your grand parents in their language. Imagine being unable to pray with your parents in your language !

Imagine having no songs in your language to sing your children to sleep !

Language is intensely personal, familial, cultural, and sacred !

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Posted: 12 years ago

Wonderful post 👏 I make few mistakes while writing my mother language but i like it and my mother language is tamil⭐️

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Muktchand

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Posted: 12 years ago

@ Manu thanks for info...

btw apan doghin chi pan matru bhasha Marathi 😎

Today I read Oriya language got recognized as Heritage Language along with Sanskrit Malayalam Tamil Telugu

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_Manali_

@_Manali_

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Posted: 12 years ago

Originally posted by: blushing
@ Manu thanks for info...

btw apan doghin chi pan matru bhasha Marathi 😎

Today I read Oriya language got recognized as Heritage Language along with Sanskrit Malayalam Tamil Telugu

ho Aditi...😊

aapan doghi hi marathi

Marathi ase amuchi Maayboli😊

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HemaG

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Posted: 12 years ago

Originally posted by: santhiyaa_J
Wonderful post 👏 I make few mistakes while writing my mother language but i like it and my mother language is tamil⭐️

naanum thaan...😉

but i know to read and write well...😆

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Rashmi

@goofyCat

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Posted: 12 years ago

Manu, nice to see you back with such a wonderful post!!

Marathi ase amuchi mayboli 😃

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Bertibotfanatic

@Bertibotfanatic

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Posted: 12 years ago

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Thanks for the post.😊 There is a general consensus that english is an universal language, it binds us globally . This is proving to be a myth as most of the european countries like Germany , Sweden and many more also China, Japan pay emphasis on their mother tongue ,some of them are having their mother language as an official language. However the scenario is changing with the culture of MNC swiftly overtaking the economy. Still in a country like Germany it is extremely helpful if we know the local language. The Germans gets so overwhelmed to hear a foreigner speaking in german though in broken words are ready to render all support and hospitality.

India is a country of Unity in Diversity, rich in culture language and social customs. We should respect the rich heritage of our country and as a first step we should respect our mother tongue.

Edited by Nayana21 - 12 years ago

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