International Mother Language Day 2023: Date, History, Significance, Theme, And All You Need To Know About This Day

Every year on February 21, people across the world celebrate International Mother Language Day. This day is celebrated to promote the importance of cultural and linguistic diversity in the country.

The idea to celebrate International Mother Language Day was the initiative of Bangladesh. It was approved at the 1999 UNESCO General Conference and has been observed throughout the world since 2000.

UNESCO believes in the importance of cultural and linguistic diversity for sustainable societies. It is within its mandate for peace that it works to preserve the differences in cultures and languages that foster tolerance and respect for others.

Multilingual and multicultural societies exist through their languages which transmit and preserve traditional knowledge and cultures in a sustainable way.

The 24th edition of International Mother Language Day will focus on the theme ‘multilingual education – a necessity to transform education’.

Multilingual education based on the mother tongue facilitates access to and inclusion in learning for population groups that speak non-dominant languages, languages of minority groups and indigenous languages.

The occasion of International Mother Language Day reminds us all that there is something special about the mother language that makes it so beautiful.