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International Mother Language Day
Today, about half of the 6,000 or so languages spoken in the world are under threat. Over the past three centuries, languages have died out and disappeared at a dramatic and steadily increasing pace, especially in the Americas and Australia. At least 3,000 tongues are endangered, seriously endangered or dying in many parts of the world.
According to recent estimates, very few people speak most of the 6,000 known languages around the world. Half of today's languages have fewer than 10,000 speakers and a quarter have fewer than 1,000.
Today is International Mother Language Day, sponsored by UNESCO.
February 21st - Shaheed Dibosh, Language Martyrs' Day, Bangladesh
Language Martyrs' Day is a day remembered in Bangladesh for the killings of protesters seeking official recognition for the Bengali language in 1952.
When Bengal was divided in East and West during the partition of India in 1947, West Bengal emerged as a state of India and East Bengal (now an independent country, Bangladesh) became a part of Pakistan and was known as East Pakistan. As a state of Pakistan, Urdu was the language of government in East Bengal, but the population there primarily spoke Bengali.
In reaction to this, people from East Bengal started asking the government to make Bengali an official language of administration. But the Pakistani government of the time did not agree. Finally, on February 21, 1952, there was a huge protest of all ages of people, irrespective of caste and creed, with students of Dhaka University in the lead. Police ruthlessly fired to disperse the crowd, and many of the protesters were killed. It was not long, however, before Bengali was given right of an official language. Since then, February 21 has been remembered as Language Martyrs' Day in Bangladesh and West Bengal. The same date is observed by UNESCO as International Mother Language Day.
International Mother Language Day
Today, about half of the 6,000 or so languages spoken in the world are under threat. Over the past three centuries, languages have died out and disappeared at a dramatic and steadily increasing pace, especially in the Americas and Australia. At least 3,000 tongues are endangered, seriously endangered or dying in many parts of the world.
According to recent estimates, very few people speak most of the 6,000 known languages around the world. Half of today's languages have fewer than 10,000 speakers and a quarter have fewer than 1,000.
Today is International Mother Language Day, sponsored by UNESCO.
February 21st - Shaheed Dibosh, Language Martyrs' Day, Bangladesh
Language Martyrs' Day is a day remembered in Bangladesh for the killings of protesters seeking official recognition for the Bengali language in 1952.
When Bengal was divided in East and West during the partition of India in 1947, West Bengal emerged as a state of India and East Bengal (now an independent country, Bangladesh) became a part of Pakistan and was known as East Pakistan. As a state of Pakistan, Urdu was the language of government in East Bengal, but the population there primarily spoke Bengali.
In reaction to this, people from East Bengal started asking the government to make Bengali an official language of administration. But the Pakistani government of the time did not agree. Finally, on February 21, 1952, there was a huge protest of all ages of people, irrespective of caste and creed, with students of Dhaka University in the lead. Police ruthlessly fired to disperse the crowd, and many of the protesters were killed. It was not long, however, before Bengali was given right of an official language. Since then, February 21 has been remembered as Language Martyrs' Day in Bangladesh and West Bengal. The same date is observed by UNESCO as International Mother Language Day.
