Mother Language Day

21 February has been celebrated each year as International Mother Language Day. This day was first proclaimed in the year 2000 by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, as a way of promoting language diversity and multilingualism in all parts of the world.

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