• 06 Oct, 2025

International Mother Language Day: Celebrating Linguistic & Cultural Diversity

International Mother Language Day is an annual observance celebrated on 21 February worldwide. The day aims to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism.

International Mother Language Day is an annual observance celebrated on 21 February worldwide. The day aims to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared 21 February as International Mother Language Day in 1999 to honor the Language Movement done by the Bangladeshis (then the East Pakistanis) and has been observed worldwide since 21 February 2000.