Curious to know... what would you consider as your "mother tongue"? See below...
International Mother Language Day is an observance held annually on 21 February worldwide to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. It was first announced by UNESCO on 17 November 1999. Its observance was also formally recognized by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution establishing 2008 as the International Year of Languages. International Mother Language Day originated as the international recognition of Language Movement Day, which has been commemorated in Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) since 1952, when a number of University of Dhaka students were killed by the Pakistani police and army in Dhaka during Bengali Language Movement protests. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mother_Language_Day In some countries such as Kenya, India, and various East Asian countries, "mother tongue" or "native language" is used to indicate the language of one's ethnic group, in both common and journalistic parlance (e.g. 'I have no apologies for not learning my mother tongue'), rather than one's first language. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_language (_}{_}{_}{_}{_}{_}{_}{_}{_}{_}{_}{_}{_}{_}{_}{_) FN :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 Some of my images online http://bit.ly/hRHia6
