Interactive: Listen to the best sayings in 25 different languages
3 years, 1 month ago

Interactive: Listen to the best sayings in 25 different languages

Al Jazeera  

February 21 is World Mother Language Day. Mandarin Chinese is the second-most spoken language in the world with 1.12 billion speakers but has the most native speakers globally with 921 million people speaking it as their mother tongue. Scripts in the world’s most popular languages There are 294 known scripts – sets of graphic characters used to write a language – according to The World’s Writing Systems. The Latin script, which is used to write English, French, Spanish, German and more, ​​is used in at least 305 of the world’s 7,139 known living human languages. To capture this uniqueness on World Mother Language Day, we asked people from around the world to share expressions in their languages and what they mean.

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International Mother Language Day 2025: History and all you need to know
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International Mother Language Day 2025: History and all you need to know

India Today  

International Mother Language Day is celebrated every year on February 21 to encourage the preservation and protection of all languages. To honour this struggle and the importance of linguistic rights on a global scale, UNESCO declared February 21 as International Mother Language Day back in 1999. WORLD OBSERVANCE AND CELEBRATIONS With great importance, International Mother Language Day is marked by …

International Mother Language Day
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International Mother Language Day

The Hindu  

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India TV News  

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International Mother Language Day 2024: Date, history, significance and theme
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International Mother Language Day 2024: Date, history, significance and theme

Hindustan Times  

International Mother Language Day 2024: Language forms the foundation block in communication. International Mother Language Day 2024: Date, history and significance However, the movement for International Mother Language Day did not start in India – it started in Bangladesh. In November, 1999, the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation proclaimed International Mother Language Day, which …

International Mother Language Day 2023: History, Significance, Theme, Quotes & all you need to know
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International Mother Language Day 2023: History, Significance, Theme, Quotes & all you need to know

India TV News  

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International Mother Language Day 2022: A look at mother tongues spoken in India
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International Mother Language Day 2022: A look at mother tongues spoken in India

Firstpost  

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International Mother Language Day 2022: History, theme and significance
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International Mother Language Day 2022: History, theme and significance

Firstpost  

International Mother Language Day promotes the existence of multilingualism in societies and aims to preserve traditional knowledge and cultures through sustainable methods. International Mother Language Day is observed across the world on 21 February to highlight the significance of linguistic diversity and multiculturalism. History Bangladesh had first come up with the idea to celebrate International Mother Language Day. International Mother …

International Mother Language Day 2022: History, Facts, How many languages are spoken in India
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International Mother Language Day 2022: History, Facts, How many languages are spoken in India

India TV News  

Highlights International Mother Language Day was recognized by the UN in 2002 Out of 7000 languages spoken in the world, 2000 are spoken in India itself. February 21 is celebrated as International Mother Language Day. The International Mother Language Day page on the UNESCO website reads, "UNESCO believes in the importance of cultural and linguistic diversity for sustainable societies. It …

International Mother Language Day 2021: Theme, history, significance and all you need to know
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International Mother Language Day 2021: Theme, history, significance and all you need to know

India Today  

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Karnataka leaders, activists seethe at Amit Shah’s Hindi push
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The Hindu  

Union Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party national president Amit Shah’s tweet on Hindi Divas, saying Hindi was the only language that can unify the country, drew widespread condemnation in the State. “If there is one language that can unify the entire country, it is Hindi, that is spoken by a majority of people across the country,” he said in …

Hindi Diwas 2019: History, significance and all you need to know about world's fourth most spoken and one of India's official languages
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Firstpost  

Hindi Diwas 2019: Every year on 14 September, the nation gears up to celebrate Hindi Diwas, which marks the significance of the day when the Constituent Assembly after Independence adopted Hindi as the official language of India. After the Constituent Assembly took the decision in 1949, the Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti, Wardha on 1953 requested to observe 14 September as Hindi …

International Mother Language Day 2019: Click Here to Know About Its Significance
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International Mother Language Day 2019: Click Here to Know About Its Significance

News 18  

New Delhi: Today, February 21 is celebrated as the International Mother Language Day worldwide, as declared by the United Nations in 2000. The idea to celebrate International Mother Language Day came from Bangladesh. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee took to Twitter in the morning to extend her heartfelt greetings to all on the occasion of International Mother Language Day. …

International Mother Language Day 2019: History, theme, purpose and celebrations
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International Mother Language Day 2019: History, theme, purpose and celebrations

India Today  

International Mother Language Day is every year celebrated on February 21 since the year 2000. https://t.co/1XDDJSbHtD International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019 February 20, 2019 History behind Mother Language Day A language movement was held by the people of Bangladesh in 1952 in Dhaka. Since 2019 is the International Year of Indigenous Languages, the theme of this year's International Mother …

International Mother Language Day: 42 Indian languages heading towards extinction
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India Today  

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International Mother Language Day: Why do you need to study in more than one language?
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International Mother Language Day: Why do you need to study in more than one language?

India Today  

- Story by Arnab Mitra The International Mother Language Day is celebrating all over the world on February 21, 2017. As per UNESCO, here are the befits of multilingual education: Multilingual education facilitates access to education while promoting equity for populations speaking minority and/or indigenous languages, especially girls and women It emphasises the quality of teaching and learning with a …

International Mother Language Day: How focus on English could be seriously damaging India's future [Interview]
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International Mother Language Day: How focus on English could be seriously damaging India's future [Interview]

India Today  

International Mother Language Day was announced by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in November 1999. While the knowledge of global languages like English is crucial for sustainable development, learners must also be educated in their mother tongue. 'With the loss of a language, we lose different ways of seeing the world' She mentions that it is, in …

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