It is difficult to imagine how people communicated, when the means of communication was not language, but, for example, gestures or facial expressions. Surely today, today we would not have been able to convey all the emotions and emotions so expressively and vividly, thoughts embodying them in songs, poems or prose.
In our world there are about 6 thousand languages, they are all unique and have their own unique history. With their help we express our essence, we show our mentality, culture and traditions to other peoples on Earth. Only with the help of speech we are able to expand our horizons, to learn the cultures of other countries, therefore it is necessary to respect the languages of all populations and powers in order to establish and maintain friendly and peaceful with the peoples existing on our planet. To this end, the World Day of the Native Language was established, the history of development of which lasted for millennia. In this article, we will tell you what purpose was adopted and how this holiday is celebrated all over the world.
February 21 - Mother Language Day
In 1999, on November 17, the general denomination of UNESCO decided to create a holiday Mother Language Day, which would remind people of the importance of appreciating and respecting the mother tongue and languages of other peoples, and striving for multilingualism and cultural diversity. The date of the celebration was set on February 21, after which, throughout this day, the world began to celebrate.
The day of the native language in Russia is not just a holiday, it is an occasion to express gratitude to all who created the history of Russian speech and perfected it. Even at the time of the revolutions, there were more than 193 languages in the country. Over time, until 1991, their number fell to 40-ka.
All over the world, languages were born, "lived" and died out, so today it is very difficult to say how many in their entire history they existed. This can be shown only by certain finds with incomprehensible inscriptions and hieroglyphs.
Action for the Mother Language Day
In honor of the holiday, in many schools and educational institutions it is customary to hold olympiads to write poems, compositions, both in their own and in any other accessible language, and those who most successfully cope with the task receive a deserved prize.
More globally celebrate the holiday Mother Language Day in Russia, a country full of eloquent poets, musicians. On February 21, at schools and universities of the Russian Federation, they hold whole literary and creative festivals, literary and poetic evenings, reading poems, poems, in which winners also receive awards.