International Mother Language Day
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Every year on February 21, the inhabitants of the planet celebrate Mother Language Day. This holiday was invented by UNESCO, and the purpose of this important international date is to draw attention to the need to preserve multilingualism in today’s world. 96% of all existing languages – there are 6,000 – are understood by only 4% of the world’s population. But even the most exotic languages, spoken by a negligible number of people, are carriers of collective memory and intangible cultural heritage.
This is why UNESCO seeks to promote multilingualism, particularly in the education system.
On February 22, 2007, the Ataturk Center celebrated the International Mother Language Day established by the UN in November 1999 in Baku.
The event, which was attended by well-known public and political figures, representatives of academia and higher education, was organized and held under the auspices of the UN Department of Public Information, the Azerbaijan National Commission for UNESCO and the Baku Ataturk Center.
During the round table, deputy of the Milli Majlis (parliament) of Azerbaijan, member of the parliamentary commission on culture, director of the Ataturk Center Nizami Jafarov emphasized the multilingualism that has formed in the republic, which is one of the most important components of the country's culture.
The head of the mountain Jewish community noted the role of Hebrew in the development of multilingualism in Azerbaijan, in the preservation and enhancement of the culture of the Jewish people.
Thanks to the support of President Ilham Aliyev and the government of the Republic of Azerbaijan, books, dictionaries and other literature are published in Hebrew, the native language of every Jew, and Hebrew is studied in a Jewish school and at the language departments of the University of Foreign Languages and Baku State University.
And this phenomenon not only confirms the tolerance inherent in Azerbaijan, but also has an unconditional value for the mutual enrichment of the cultures of the peoples inhabiting the republic, the head of the community emphasized in his speech.
This is why UNESCO seeks to promote multilingualism, particularly in the education system.
On February 22, 2007, the Ataturk Center celebrated the International Mother Language Day established by the UN in November 1999 in Baku.
The event, which was attended by well-known public and political figures, representatives of academia and higher education, was organized and held under the auspices of the UN Department of Public Information, the Azerbaijan National Commission for UNESCO and the Baku Ataturk Center.
During the round table, deputy of the Milli Majlis (parliament) of Azerbaijan, member of the parliamentary commission on culture, director of the Ataturk Center Nizami Jafarov emphasized the multilingualism that has formed in the republic, which is one of the most important components of the country's culture.
The head of the mountain Jewish community noted the role of Hebrew in the development of multilingualism in Azerbaijan, in the preservation and enhancement of the culture of the Jewish people.
Thanks to the support of President Ilham Aliyev and the government of the Republic of Azerbaijan, books, dictionaries and other literature are published in Hebrew, the native language of every Jew, and Hebrew is studied in a Jewish school and at the language departments of the University of Foreign Languages and Baku State University.
And this phenomenon not only confirms the tolerance inherent in Azerbaijan, but also has an unconditional value for the mutual enrichment of the cultures of the peoples inhabiting the republic, the head of the community emphasized in his speech.