International Mother Language Day

February 21st is celebrated as"International mother language day" from the year 2000.

It was a social movement built on the spirit to defend the rights to write in one's mother language.

International Mother Language Day has been being observed since 2000[4] to promote peace and multilingualism. The date corresponds to the day in 1952 when students from the University of Dhaka, Jagannath College and Dhaka Medical College, demonstrating for the recognition of Bengali as one of the two national languages of East Pakistan, were brutally shot dead by police (then under Pakistan government) near the Dhaka High Court in the capital of present-day Bangladesh.

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"Languages are the most powerful instruments of preserving and developing our tangible and intangible heritage. All moves to promote the dissemination of mother tongues will serve not only to encourage linguistic diversity and multilingual education but also to develop fuller awareness of linguistic and cultural traditions throughout the world and to inspire solidarity based on understanding, tolerance and dialogue."

— from the United Nations International Mother Language Day microsite[6]

For each one their mother language is precious, there is no doubt about it. But there is no harm in learning other languages of different cultures to derive the good things from other cultures.
The world has become small and people go in search of green pastures. Job opportunities are very less if a person stick to only mother tongue.


For each one their mother tongue is precious, there is no doubt about it. But language fanaticism is not acceptable in a multi language multi cultural country.
Except Tamilians other language people mostly converse in their own language. But when people are in a group it is nice to speak in a language most people understand.

It is difficult to get job if one stick to only mother tongue. People who learn different languages get more opportunities. India has the second largest population in the world and so it is difficult to prvide employment to all. That's the reason for youngsters going to foreign countries for higher studies and after finishing the studies getting settled there.

If wishes were horses I would like to see India becoming a job creater instead of a job seeker.

 

Ha ha Kamalji,
Mothers giving curses when angry is like blessings and so the curses will have no effecct.

Do the Sindhi language also is written from right to left? It is a pity that many native and tribal languages are dying because people only start using it only for oral communication.
As my children were brought up in Bihar they studied in English medium, but second language was Hindi and they had Sanskrit also. But they all can read Tamil, but my daughter only can write in Tamil.
PS

 

Dear joylokhi,
Because we were under British rule our people had to learn English. Anyways it was really beneficial and in some states it is still continuing. It is difficult to understand engineering and science subjects without knowing English. In fact in IITs special coaching class conducted for students who have studied in their vernacular language forEnglish.
PS

 

Dear bhagya,
I really feel sad to see the children of first generation people who have settled in US and other English speaking countries mostly converse in English only. They don't speak in Tamil at home. When they come to India on holiday grandparents, specially grandmas who doesn't know English feel sad that they can't speak with their grand children. Even those who know English also find it difficult to understand because of the accent.
Your tanglish is not bad and I can understand it.
PS

 

Ha ha, this is a good one.

PS



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