How Local Guides in Bangladesh celebrate International Mother Language Day

Today is International Mother Language Day, a holiday that celebrates all languages everywhere. It started as a tribute to the Language Movement in Bangladesh in the early 1950s when the government wanted to remove Bengali as the official language, even though it was spoken by the majority of people. On this day, the people of Bangladesh remember and give thanks to those who fought for their right to freely use their mother tongue.

To celebrate International Mother Language Day, we reached out to Local Guides in Bangladesh to learn more about what this day means to them. Here’s what @Soykot_azam , @MohammadPalash , and @Papel_Mahammud shared.

** @Soykot_azam shared:**“[During a rally] on February 21, 1952, many people laid down their lives on the streets to keep our mother tongue, Bengali, alive. So for me, this holiday is more important than any other.

On this day, I go to the Central Shaheed Minar monument in Dhaka early in the morning to pay tribute to all language martyrs with flowers. I use Google Maps for navigation and choose the route with relatively less traffic.”

** @MohammadPalash shared:**“International Mother Language was created because of the Bengali language, so it feels special to me. Language is not only a medium of communication, it is the carrier of our culture and tradition, and everyone has the right to education in their own language.

I mainly celebrate at the Shaheed Minar in my district town, Munshiganj. We also commemorate the language martyrs in educational institutions and at social gatherings by participating in discussions and cultural events. We listen to Bengali language songs, poems, and essays.”

** @Papel_Mahammud shared:**“Every language in the world is beautiful and sweet, but the languages ​​of small communities are disappearing day by day. Through this international celebration, maybe we can encourage everyone to be more devoted to their mother tongue.

As I live in Old Dhaka, I can directly witness the state ceremony and go to the Central Shaheed Minar to lay flowers. I have previously participated in volunteer activities for painting walls and streets [for the holiday]. Dhaka University organizes various programs such as patriotic songs concerts and drawing competitions.

Many people and VIPs from Bangladesh and abroad arrive in Dhaka for the celebration, and as a result, many roads are closed. So the traffic alerts on Google Maps help me a lot.”

Local Guides, do you celebrate International Mother Language Day where you live? Let us know below.

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@DeniGu

Ein guter Beitrag mit Bildern und Erklärungen, auf diese Weise erhält man ein Verständnis Ãŧber die HintergrÃŧnde

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Hello @DeniGu

Thank you for this post and I’ll also say thank you to ;

For their dedication in sharing their culture and traditions and way of life with us here on connect. That’s one good advantage of connect. Travelling virtually and sharing other peoples views etc.

It’s amazing how that here in Africa Nigeria speaks the highest number of languages. Although we have the 3 major languages and ethnic groups of Hausa Igbo and Yoruba yet we have about 300 ethnic groups and 500 hundred languages spoken all over Nigeria. By the way the 3 moderators from Nigeria are from the 3 major ethnic groups in Nigeria.

Yet we don’t have this celebration of international mother language day. I wish we do really. Lots of these native tongues are going extinct. People are preferring to speak in English rather. It’s not bad really but we could use English as well as preserve these native mother tongues.

While we don’t celebrate this,yet I wish you all a happy celebration and thank you for your good work on the local guides scenes. Happy celebrations to all out there in Bangladesh.

Happy guiding

Cheers

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At first i’m glad to @DeniGu for tagging me & share my thoughts on this valuable post.

Then thanks @SholaIB for express your language story in africa as well as Nigeria.

Strange to know that such many different languages are use in Nigeria.you are also right, it’s a great platform for know all over the world virtually.

Thanks to all.

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@Soykot_azam, @MohammadPalash, @Papel_Mahammud

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Congratulations on the celebrations of the “International Mother Language Day” in Bangladesh

Nice decorations and floral decorations :+1:

@SholaIB Interesting information about the languages in Nigeria.

In India, where several dozen languages are used, we celebrate them all under the slogan “Unity in Diversity”.

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@MohammadPalash @Soykot_azam @Papel_Mahammud Congratulations and thanks to @DeniGu for the nice post.

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Thank you,Google Contributor @DeniGu for sharing this post with stunning photos. It is interesting to know from @SholaIB that Nigeria has about 300 ethnic groups and 500 hundred languages spoken. I would like to share about India,

India recognizes 22 languages as official,

People’s Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI): This comprehensive survey conducted between 2010 and 2019 identifies 780 languages spoken in India,

The Census of India in 2011 reported 122 major languages and 1599 other languages.

As per Ethnologue, world language reference lists 456 living languages in India as of 2023. (Data source: Google)

Best wishes to everyone who participated in celebrating International Mother Language Day!

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@DeniGu que genial post, desconocía que existían ese día para celebrar el “Diainternacional de la lengua materna”. Felicidades

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This is a great piece @DeniGu . I wish you and everyone a happy celebration of International Mother language day.

This is the first time I am hearing of this day being celebrated and it is rather awesome to hear the way @Soykot_azam, @MohammadPalash, and @Papel_Mahammud celebrate the day very actively.

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@DeniGu Thank you so much. I am a Bangladeshi.

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Hearty congratulations to all our Friends from Bangladesh on this special occassion International Mother Language Day.

Here in Bharat too Bengali is used as one of the language to communicate in the Bengali community. The language is very sweet and ear loving.

Love to go through your feelings and emotions through what you have shared @Soykot_azam, @MohammadPalash, and @Papel_Mahammud.

Thanks @DeniGu for disseminating global culture amongst our wonderful community.

JAI HO!!!

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Thank you for sharing your insights, experiences, and history of International Mother Language Day, @Soykot_azam , @MohammadPalash , & @Papel_Mahammud . Good for the Bangladeshi people fighting to keep your culture and language alive. The US could use a lesson in celebrating the hard-fought cultures of our neighbors who immigrate here.

Thanks for bringing this story to us, @DeniGu .

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Thanks to

@Soykot_azam, @MohammadPalash, @Papel_Mahammud of Dhaka for flourishing your language with us in occasion of international mother language day.

Your all expression makes feel great for unity and maintain the culture for ages with rest of world and with us too. Such pillara and flowers laying can symbolise the importance of your language to us.

Also nice to see Central Shaheed Minar monument in Dhaka.

Coming to my own language odiya which is now spread to rest of world is celebrated on March 11. A language since 1200 AD has now been cross to abroad creating some best experience with rest of world.

Hey all guides let’s celebrate my odiya language in a magnificent way to reach maximum people of this planet and exchange the values.

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Thank you for sharing such a beautiful post with us @DeniGu

and thank you very much for

@Soykot_azam,

@MohammadPalash, and @Papel_Mahammud

adding beautiful pictures and writin.

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Earlier this February I noticed that there is a newly built Central Shaheed Minar near my current address. Not yet covered by Google Maps. I immediately added the place to Google Maps. And wrote a [Review](http://Check out this review of āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻļāĻšā§€āĻĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻŦāĻ—āĻžā§āĻœ on Google Maps Google Maps) . We Bengalis in Bangladesh celebrate this day every year as International Mother Language Day.

This year we celebrated this day in Kolkata, India with some local guides from Bangladesh and some local guides from our neighboring country India. Very soon we will write the details on Connect. Thank you very much @DeniGu for sharing this post with everyone on Connect with our opinion on this International Mother Language Day - āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¸ of our Bangladesh.

Oh yes, I changed my Gmail profile photo to reflect this language day.

Photo: Amor Ekushe āĻ…āĻŽāĻ° āĻāĻ•ā§āĻļā§‡, I am a local guide wearing a cap :billed_cap: of Wheelchair Bangladesh, a t-shirt with pictures of local guides.

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