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International Mother Language Day is a national holiday in Bangladesh. The resolution was suggested by Rafiqul Islam and Abdus Salam, Bengalis living in Vancouver , Canada. They wrote a letter to Kofi Annan on 9 January 1998 asking him to take a step for saving the world's languages from extinction by declaring an International Mother Language Day.
International Mother Language Day The Language Movement Day ( Bengali : ভাষা আন্দোলন দিবস , romanized : Bhāṣā Āndōlôn Dibôs ), officially called Language Martyrs' Day (Bengali: শহীদ দিবস , romanized: Śôhīd Dibôs ), is a national holiday of Bangladesh taking place on 21 February each year ...
Planning for the International Mother Language Institute (IMLI), intended to promote Bangla and preserve endangered languages, began in 1999. [2] It was inaugurated at Segunbagicha, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 15 March 2001. [3] Construction started on 6 April 2003, stopped with the next change of government, and resumed on 11 February 2008.
It was vital in getting 21 February declared the International Mother Language Day by UNESCO. 21 February is known as the Language Movement Day, which is a national holiday of Bangladesh taking place on 21 February each year and commemorating the Bengali language movement.
Bengali is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh, [10] [11] [12] with 98% of Bangladeshis using Bengali as their first language. [13] [14] It is the second-most widely spoken language in India. It is the official language of the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and the Barak Valley region of the state of Assam.
Rafiqul Islam (16 July 1950 – 20 November 2013) [1] was a Bangladeshi-born Canadian [2] language activist. [3] [4] He played a major role in achieving recognition of February 21 as the International Mother Language Day, proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO in November 1999. [1]
But even then, most people’s second language was Greek or French or Dutch or Arabic, and the communities to whom this language was available were bigger. My mother and grandparents and I were ...
Bangladesh successfully campaigned to establish the International Mother Language Day by UNESCO in 1997. The International Mother Language Day was declared to be 21 February, which was the day Bengalis were killed in Police firing in East Pakistan (today Bangladesh) while protesting to make Bengali a state language of Pakistan as part of the ...