Here is my blog draft:On International Mother Language Day the UN's Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and UN agencies participate in events that promote linguistic and cultural diversity. They also encourage people to maintain their knowledge of their mother language while learning and using more than one language. Governments and non-governmental organizations may use the day to announce policies to encourage language learning and support. You can visit http://www.internationalmotherlanguageday.com/ to know about worldwide #IMLD events. The Apache OpenOffice project is proud to help commemorate International Mother Language Day on February 21. Read more about why this day is important, how OpenOffice supports linguistic diversity, and how you can help.Why February 21 was chosen?
February 21st was declared as International Mother Language Day<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mother_Language_Day>(IMLD) by UNESCO. IMLD originated as the international recognition of Language Movement Day, which has been commemorated in Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) since 1952, when a number of Dhaka university students were killed by the Pakistani police and army in Dhaka during the Bengali Language Movement <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_Language_Movement>. This is the only event where people gave their lives to preserve the independence of using their mother language. To remember them there is a monument named Language Martyr's Monument (Shahid Minar <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaheed_Minar,_Dhaka>) in Dhaka University, Bangladesh. Every year more than a million people give flowers there. This is a big event in Bangladesh. Many foreigners visit Bangladesh just to experience the way the Bangladeshi people give respect to those brave hearts. Every town of Bangladesh has a Language Martyr's Monument, where local people give flowers. A Language Martyr's Monument is also built in Ikebukoro park of Tokyo, Japan. There are also Language Martyr's Monument in USA, UK, Italy and many other countries. Please think about your Mother Language not only on February 21 but also on other days. With Best Regards, Khan Md. Anwarus Salam On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 6:22 AM, Andrea Pescetti <[email protected]>wrote: > On 17/02/2014 Khan Md. Anwarus Salam wrote: > >> Like last year, I can write a blog post about IMLD and the history behind >> it. >> > > We are now very close to the deadline, so if you can write something we > can look into publishing it, even though I'm not sure whether there will be > enough time to complete it with some information about the OpenOffice > language support. If someone can help with that, we could have a nice post. > > Regards, > Andrea. >
