Kumaha cenah sasakalana, yen tanggal 21 Februari dipilih jadi "Poe
Basa Ema Sadunya".
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International Mother Language Day
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21 February was proclaimed the International Mother Language Day 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.[1]
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 Dhaka
university students were killed by the Pakistani police and army in
Dhaka during the Bengali Language Movement.
International Mother Language Day is observed yearly by UNESCO member
states and at its headquarters to promote linguistic and cultural
diversity and multilingualism.
History
On 21 March 1948, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the Governor general of
Pakistan, declared that Urdu would be the only official language for
both West and East Pakistan. The people of East Pakistan (now
Bangladesh), whose main language is Bengali, started to protest
against this. On 21 February 1952, (8 Falgun 1359 in the Bengali
calendar), students in the present day capital city of Dhaka called
for a provincial strike. The government invoked a limited curfew to
prevent this and the protests were tamed down so as to not break the
curfew. The Pakistani police fired on the students despite these
peaceful protests and a number of students were killed [2].
Annual themes
The observances of International Year of Languages tend to have a
theme, indicated either in the formal program set for observance at
UNESCO headquarters, or more explicitly in the publicity.[3]
* 2000, Inaugural celebration of International Mother Language Day
* 2001, Second annual celebration
* 2002, Linguistic Diversity: 3,000 Languages in Danger (slogan:
In the galaxy of languages, every word is a star)
* 2003, Fourth annual celebration
* 2004, Children's learning (the observance at UNESCO included "a
unique exhibition of children’s exercise books from around the world
illustrating the process by which children learn and master the use of
written literacy skills in the classroom"[4])
* 2005, Braille and Sign languages
* 2006, Languages and Cyberspace
* 2007, Multilingual education
* 2008, International Year of Languages
* 2009,
* 2010, International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures
International observances
International Mother Language Day Monument, Ashfield Park, Sydney,
Australia. Unveiling ceremony, 19-Feb-2006
* The Linguapax Prize is presented annually on International
Mother Language Day.
* UNESCO sets the theme for each International Mother Language Day
and holds related events at its headquarters in Paris on or around 21
February each year.
* In 2008, the International Year of Languages was formally
launched on International Mother Language Day.
Web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mother_Language_Day
