February 21st has been designated International Mother Language Day by UNESCO.
I’ve just updated The Best Resources For International Mother Language Day.
February 21st has been designated International Mother Language Day by UNESCO.
I’ve just updated The Best Resources For International Mother Language Day.
Not many people know that the planned international language Esperanto has native speakers. See:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzDS2WyemBI
It was never planned that way, but it happened, and I have met about a dozen native speakers over the years. If it is possible for the speakers of a language launched into life in 1887 to transmit it to future generations, then surely the same should be true for more ancient community languages.
And this collage does not include “Bengali” language?? whereas all this started by Bengali speaking Bangladeshi people in 1952?
https://medium.com/@tarun_rahman/the-bengali-story-behind-international-mother-language-day-5f0346e9fcc2#.gq8mxtqhl