February 21 – International Mother Language Day
10:20, 21 February 2017YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, ARMENPRESS. As in the mid-20th century a number of harassments were made against the mother language rights in various countries, UNESCO declared February 21 as an International Mother Language Day in 1999 by this contributing to the recognition of the language rights and supporting the use of languages, reports “Armenpress”.
Today the future of languages in the world is in a state of uncertainty, since a number of international languages force people to refuse using their own mother tongue.
According to UNESCO estimates, 6.000 languages of the world are on the verge of disappearing.
According to the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, Armenian is the official language.
On the occasion of this day, events are being held in Yerevan and some provinces. Numerous writers, linguists and other scholars will visit Oshakan and will lay flowers at the grave of Mesrop Mashtots.
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