International Mother tongue day

2 days late..but i felt a post on the issuewas needed..

UNESCO surveys have shown that children who don’t learn to read and write in their own language suffer in learning.

Re: International Mother tongue day

^ Kinda interesting but the day got its designation on this day marking the language riots in 1952 in the then E. Pakistan!

Re: International Mother tongue day

^ yes and the riots led to the declaration of Bengali and Urdu as National languages of Pakistan.