This is a list of language days by date. Many countries have designated specific days as celebrations, commemorations, or acknowledgments of various languages.
Language | Country | Date | Since | Details |
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Maldivian | ![]() |
February 14 | 2011[1] | |
International Mother Language Day | International | February 21 | 1999[2] | |
Marathi | ![]() |
February 27 | ||
French | ![]() |
March 20[3] | Coincides with International Francophonie Day | |
Finnish | ![]() |
April 9 | 1978[4] | |
Erzya | ![]() ![]() |
April 16 | ||
Chinese | ![]() |
April 20 | ||
English | ![]() |
April 23 | ||
Portuguese | ![]() |
May 5 | ||
Russian | ![]() |
June 6 | ||
Leonese | ![]() |
August 17 | ||
Telugu | ![]() |
August 29 | ||
Romanian | ![]() |
August 31 | ||
Kyrgyz | ![]() |
September 23 | 1989[5] | |
Icelandic | ![]() |
November 16 | ||
Basque | International | December 3[6] | ||
Bashkir | ![]() ![]() |
December 14[7] | ||
Esperanto | International | December 15 | 1878[8] | |
Arabic | ![]() |
December 18 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Dhivehi Language Day in the Maldives". Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ "The General Conference proclaim"International Mother Language Day" to be observed on 21 February". unesdoc.unesco.org. 1999-11-16. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
- ^ Nations, United. "Journée de la langue française | Nations Unies". United Nations (in French). Retrieved 2021-04-08.
- ^ Ross (2020-04-07). "Finnish language day and Mikael Agricola". MEDI Connection. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ AnydayGuide. "Kyrgyz Language Day in Kyrgyzstan / September 23, 2021". AnydayGuide. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "Euskararen eguna 2021: Euskararen egunari buruzko albisteak, bideoak eta argazkiak". www.eitb.eus (in Basque). Retrieved 2021-04-08.
- ^ Khassenkhanova, Galiya (2019-11-26). "Bashkir Ethno-Cultural Centre promotes Bashkir culture". The Astana Times. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Boulton, Marjorie. Zamenhof, Aǔtoro de Esperanto. La Laguna : J. Régulo, 1962. (in Esperanto)
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