It is difficult to imagine how people communicated when the means of communication was not language, but, for example, gestures or facial expressions. Surely, without language today we would not be able to convey so figuratively and vividly all our emotions, experiences and thoughts, embodying them in songs, poems or prose.
1:1002 1:1007Our language is both modest and rich.
There is a wonderful treasure hidden in every word.
Say the word "high" -
And imagine immediately the sky is blue.
You say: "White-white all around" -
And you will see the winter village,
White snow hangs from the white roofs,
Can't see the rivers under the white snow.
Remember the adverb "light" -
And you will see the sun has risen
If you say the word you "dark",
At once the evening will look out the window.
If you say "fragrant", you
Immediately remember lily of the valley flowers.
Well, if you say "beautiful",
Before you - all of Russia at once!
The earth is inhabited by various living creatures: from the smallest bacteria to such giants as elephants and whales. But only man has the gift of speech. And no matter how we define this gift - sacred, divine, majestic, magnificent, priceless, immortal, miraculous - we will not reflect in its entirety its enormous significance.
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The spiritual treasure of any nation is the language
2:1432From the first days of his life, a person hears the speech of people close to him - mothers, fathers, grandmothers, and, as it were, absorbs the intonations of their voices. Even without knowing the words, the child recognizes people close and dear to him by the sounds of voices. Gradually, the baby begins to master speech and learn about the world around him. And by the age of seven, as scientists have calculated, the child remembers more words than in the rest of his life.
2:2155From birth, it is necessary to lay in the soul of the child this heritage - the native language. It is not for nothing that people say that one can do without science in life, but not without one's native language. And that's exactly what it is.
2:341 2:346When you want to speak a word
My friend, think, take your time:
It happens to be lead
That is born from the warmth of the soul.
It will rob, or bestow,
Let inadvertently, let loving
Think about how not to hit
The one who listens to you.
In the whole world, there are from 3 to 5 thousand different languages. Among them are the so-called world languages - Russian, English, French, German, Spanish. There are state or official languages - Polish in Poland, Mongolian in Mongolia, Swedish in Sweden and many others. And most of the languages do not have any official “position” - they are just spoken ... one - 10 people, another - 100, the third - 1000, and the fourth - 10,000 ...
2:1550International Mother Language Day is primarily aimed at protecting endangered languages. And this task is important, because nowadays two languages disappear in the world every month....
2:315 2:320The history of the origin of the holiday of the native language
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Like any celebration, this international day has its own historical background. In 1952 in Pakistan, students from the University of Dhaka took part in a demonstration against the Urdu language. The majority spoke the Bengali dialect, so it was this language that the protesters demanded to recognize as the state language. However, they not only did not listen to them, but also began to shoot. As a result, four student activists were killed. After the death of these and other inhabitants of Pakistan, as well as a number of unrest and liberation movements, Bengali was declared the official language in the country. The struggle for the right to use the manner of communication familiar from childhood was crowned with success.
3:2141 3:4Subsequently, at the initiative of the country of Bangladesh (recognized in 1971 as an independent state), UNESCO declared February 21 as the International Mother Language Day, which has been celebrated annually around the world for 14 years.
3:434 3:439Mother tongue day in Russia
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On International Mother Language Day, all languages are recognized as equal, since each of them is unique. In Russia, one language is the state language - Russian. In our country, love for the native language can be compared with a feeling of true patriotism that permeates everything and each of us. Especially if we are talking about primordially Slavic values, to which we can confidently include the Russian language.
4:1741I love my mother tongue!
It is clear to everyone, it is melodious,
He, like the Russian people, is many-sided,
How powerful is our power!
20 entertaining and unexpected facts about the Russian language that you probably did not know:
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Most words with the letter "F" in Russian are borrowed. Pushkin was proud that in "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" there was only one word with the letter "f" - the fleet.
5:1195 5:1200There are only 74 words in Russian that begin with the letter Y. But most of us remember only “iodine, yogi” and the city of “Yoshkar-Ola”. In Russian, there are words for "Y". These are the names of Russian cities and rivers: Ygyatta, Ylymakh, Ynakhsyt, Ynykchansky, Ytyk-kyul.
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The only words in Russian with three letters "e" in a row are long-necked (and others on the -neck, for example, crooked, short-) and "zmeeeed".
5:257 5:262In Russian there is a word with a unique prefix for the language ko- - zakuulok.
5:406 5:411The only word in the Russian language that does not have a root is take out. It is believed that in this word the so-called zero root, which is in alternation with the root -im- (take out-im-at). Previously, until about the 17th century, this verb looked like to take out, and it had a material root, the same as in remove, hug, understand (cf. shoot, hug, understand), but subsequently the root -nya- was rethought as a suffix - well- (as in "poke", "puff").
5:1204 5:1209The only one-syllable adjective in Russian is "evil".
5:1345 5:1350In Russian there are words with prefixes unique for the language i-, - total and total and a- - maybe (outdated and eight “and eight will not be lucky”), formed from the unions “and” and “a”.
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The words "bull" and "bee" are the same root. In the works of ancient Russian literature, the word "bee" was written as "b'chela". The alternation of vowels ъ / ы is explained by the origin of both sounds from the same Indo-European sound U. If we recall the dialect verb to roar, buzz, buzz and is etymologically related to the words bee, insect and bull, it becomes clear what was the common meaning of these words.
5:785 5:790Dahl suggested replacing the foreign word "atmosphere" with the Russian "kolozemitsa" or "mirokolitsa".
5:975 5:980Until the 14th century in Russia, all indecent words were called "absurd verbs."
5:1119 5:1124In the 1993 Guinness Book of Records, the longest word in the Russian language is called “roentgenoelectrocardiographic”, in the 2003 edition, “highly contemplating”.
5:1454 5:1459In the Grammar Dictionary of the Russian Language A.A. Zaliznyak of the 2003 edition, the longest (in letters) common noun in the dictionary form is the adjective "private entrepreneurial". Consists of 25 letters.
5:1833 5:4The longest verbs are “to re-examine”, “substantialize” and “internationalize” (all - 24 letters; word forms - with and - having 25 letters each).
5:317 5:322The longest nouns are “misanthropy” and “high excellency” (24 letters each; word forms -ami - 26 letters each, however, “misanthropy” is practically not used in plural).
5:708 5:713The longest animate nouns are “eleventh-grader” and “clerk” (21 letters each, word forms -ami - 23 letters each).
5:974 5:979The longest adverb recorded in the dictionary is "unsatisfactory" (19 letters). However, it should be taken into account that the overwhelming majority of quality adjectives ending in -о / -й form adverbs ending in -о / -е, which are by no means always recorded in the dictionary.
5:1424 5:1429The longest interjection included in the Grammar Dictionary is "physical education hello" (15 or 14 letters depending on the status of the hyphen).
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The word "respectively" is the longest preposition and the longest conjunction at the same time. It consists of 14 letters. The longest particle "exclusively" is one letter shorter.
5:325 5:330There are so-called insufficient verbs in Russian. Sometimes the verb does not have any form, and this is due to the laws of euphony. For example: "win". He wins, you win, I... win? will I run? win? Philologists suggest using replacement constructions “I will win” or “I will become a winner”. Since there is no first person singular form, the verb is deficient.
5:1082 5:1087The English use the mnemonic "Yellow-blue bus" to successfully master the difficult phrase "I love you".
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Mighty and beautiful is our native Russian language
6:94There are many different worthy statements about the Russian word, but no one has expressed it better than the classics on this topic.
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"Our Fatherland, our Motherland is Mother Russia. We call it Fatherland because our fathers and grandfathers lived in it from time immemorial. We call it Motherland because we were born in it, they speak our native language in it, and everything in it is for mother - because she nourished us with her waters, learned her language and, like a mother, protects and protects us from all kinds of enemies ... There are many good states in the world, but a person has one mother, he has one and his homeland.
12:823Konstantin Ushinsky
12:867 12:872"The Russian people created the Russian language - bright, like a rainbow after a spring shower, accurate as arrows, melodious and rich, sincere, like a song over a cradle: What is the Motherland? This is the whole people. This is their culture, their language.
12:1262Alexey Nikolaevich Tolstoy
12:1319 12:1324Respect for native language Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, urged to love and study it.
12:1517How beautiful is my native language,
Magical, melodious, playing.
Like a transparent crystal spring
Caressing the heart and soul.
In it, every word is a priceless diamond.
Every song in it is beautiful.
Sometimes beautiful, sometimes harsh,
Our Fatherland is famous for them.
Just as it is impossible to imagine the earth without a sower, life without bread, a person without a homeland, so it is impossible to imagine the great Russian language without proverbs and sayings.
13:1296 13:1301Russian proverbs about the word
13:1360Think first, then speak.
Do not be brave with words, but show with deeds.
Talk less - do more.
The word is not a sparrow, it will fly out - you will not catch it.
To speak without thinking, to shoot without aiming.
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If you want to fight fate
If you are looking for the joy of a flower garden,
If you need solid support
Learn Russian language!
He is your mentor - great, mighty,
He is a translator, he is a conductor,
If you storm steep knowledge,
Learn Russian language!
The Russian word lives on the pages
The world of inspiring Pushkin's books.
The Russian word is freedom lightning,
Learn Russian language!
Gorky's vigilance, Tolstoy's boundlessness,
Pushkin's lyrics are a pure spring,
The Russian word shines with a mirror -
Learn Russian language!
On our planet, people live with different skin colors, with different histories, different customs and traditions, and they speak different languages.Each nation protects its language, its speech - this is its culture.
14:1787Ushinsky noted:“When the language disappears, there are no more people!”
14:117 14:122Our beautiful language
Rich and resonant.
That powerful and passionate
It's softly melodious.
It also has a smile.
And accuracy, and affection.
Written by him
And stories, and fairy tales -
magical pages,
Exciting books!
Love and keep
Our great language!
(International Mother Language Day), proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO in 1999, has been celebrated annually since 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
In turn, the UN General Assembly in its resolution declared 2008 the International Year of Languages. 2010 was proclaimed the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures.
The date for the Day was chosen to commemorate the events that took place in Dhaka (now the capital of Bangladesh) in 1952, when students who demonstrated in defense of their native language Bengali, which they demanded to be recognized as one of the state languages of the country, were killed by police bullets.
Languages are the most powerful tool for preserving and developing our material and spiritual heritage. UNESCO estimates that half of the world's approximately 6,000 languages may soon lose their last native speakers.
Shaheed Minar (Martyrs' Monument) at Dhaka University in Bangladesh, commemorating those killed in a Bengali language movement demonstration on February 21, 1952.
All steps to promote the spread of mother tongues serve not only to promote linguistic diversity and multilingual education, to develop a fuller acquaintance with linguistic and cultural traditions around the world, but also to strengthen solidarity based on mutual understanding, tolerance and dialogue.
On February 21, 2003, on the occasion of the International Mother Language Day, UNESCO Director-General K. Matsuura noted: “Why is so much attention paid to the native language? Because languages constitute a unique expression of human creativity in all its diversity. As a tool for communication, perception and reflection, language also describes how we see the world and reflects the connection between past, present and future. Languages bear traces of chance encounters, various sources from which they were saturated, each according to its own separate history.
Native languages are unique in the way they leave an imprint on each person from the moment of birth, endowing him with a special vision of things that will never really disappear, despite the fact that a person subsequently masters many languages. Learning a foreign language is a way to get acquainted with a different vision of the world, with other approaches".
And every year, as part of the celebration of Mother Language Day, various events are held in different countries dedicated to a specific theme and aimed at promoting respect, as well as the promotion and protection of all languages (especially languages \u200b\u200bthat are on the verge of extinction), linguistic diversity and multilingualism. So, in different years, the Day was devoted to the following topics: the relationship between the native language and multilingualism, especially in education; Braille system and sign language; raising public awareness of linguistic and cultural traditions based on mutual understanding, tolerance and dialogue; protection of the intangible heritage of mankind and the preservation of cultural diversity; the role of the language taught in schools and others.
Our beautiful language
Rich and resonant
That powerful and passionate
It's softly melodious.
It also has a smile.
Both softness and kindness.
Written by him
Both stories and fairy tales.
magical pages,
Exciting books!
Love and keep
Our great language!
International Mother Language Day - February 21
International Mother Language Day, proclaimed by the UNESCO General Conference in November 1999, has been observed every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
Languages are the most powerful tool for preserving and developing our material and spiritual heritage. According to UNESCO estimates, half of the world's 6,000 languages may soon lose their last native speakers.
All steps to promote the spread of mother tongues serve not only to promote linguistic diversity and multilingual education, to develop a fuller acquaintance with linguistic and cultural traditions around the world, but also to strengthen solidarity based on mutual understanding, tolerance and dialogue.
Here is what UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura says about this holiday: “Celebrating International Mother Language Day... we pay tribute to the myriad of languages existing in the world, the cultures that they reflect, the creative charge that their development and forms of expression give people . On International Mother Language Day, all languages are recognized as equal because each of them fulfills the destiny of man in a unique way and each represents a living heritage that we should protect.”
Recognition and respect for all languages is the key to keeping the peace. Each language is unique. It has its own expressions that reflect the mentality and customs of the people. Like our name, we acquire our mother tongue from our mother during childhood. It forms our consciousness, impregnates it with the culture embedded in it.
Even though it is very difficult to penetrate deeply into the culture of another language, knowledge of languages broadens our horizons and opens up a diverse world before us. Getting to know people who speak other languages makes it possible to learn about our differences and can dispel the fears of the world that give rise to national strife. Make thinking more free.
If we speak only one language, part of our brain develops less, our creativity loses a lot. There are about 300 words that have exactly the same meaning in all languages: I, you, we, who, what, no, everything, one, two, big, long, small, woman, man, eat, see, hear, sun , moon, etc.
But if we take other words, for example, the word patience in Chinese (zhen), then it also means tolerance, patience ...
If in French je t "aime (I love you) can be said to a friend, child, lover, then this is unthinkable for other languages, for example, for English or Italian in which there are different words for the concept of "love".
One example. There are about 1600 languages and dialects in India, the situation is very complicated. The constitution guarantees all citizens the right to "keep" their languages, and all ethnic and religious minorities have the right to govern educational institutions. In fact, there is a linguistic hierarchy. Smaller languages may disappear, being replaced by English, which is perceived as a neutral language, a symbol of modernity and good social status.
Every age needs a mother tongue...
(Kenzheev Bakhyt)
Every age needs a mother tongue
to every heart, tree and knife
need a native language of purity tears -
so I will say and keep my word.
So I will say and silently, barefoot, I will pass
barren, cloudy country,
to blame your work
native language that has become a cumbersome stone.
From the street, the disabled person pressed his ear to the glass.
Every throat hurts, every eye waters,
if the century decays, and its spring
dries up without comforting us.
Stones will erase the sole, youth will be taken away,
so that a singing reed may grow out of the water,
so that in old age he could justify his work
stonecutter with insatiable lace.
Well - tearing off the crust from compressed lips,
overcoming lies, and an abscess in the ears,
to every sky - if the age is not loved -
speak out, repeating the forgotten
In the native language, because again
in every living dream is deep,
to merge hate and love
in your narrow pupil into a golden ball.
About mother tongue
(Galina Purga)
Mind and heart, your language is a guide,
Without it, you will end up in a dead end.
Your language is your life, your dreams,
You are not you without him.
Your tongue is like a mother
Which cannot be humiliated, not insulted.
You should thank him, friend.
Because you know how to speak correctly.
Mother tongue is your soul, your world, your beam,
Love him for being powerful.
Your language is a shield, your communication
Don't disrespect him.
Don't let someone else label your native language.
Your legacy is your land and your language
And do not let the ignorant distort it,
Don't forget about this, my friend.
Native Russian
I will not fight with my brother for the language,
We'd better have more vodka and fresh snacks.
But something for the first time quietly happy mother,
When she opened her eyes, she told me in Russian.
And so with mother's milk poured into my blood
That very language is like a gift from the messenger ancestors.
Today I hear the cry of a countryman again and again
The fact that my native language is only the lot of strangers.
When the carousel stops spinning,
And I'll lie down in a cold hole behind the street slope,
They will drive my spirit from Ukrainian unfortunate lands
For the fact that during his lifetime he wrote his lines in Russian.
Native language
Everyone is into Arabic
everyone was drawn to the east,
Spanish, Polish, Italian,
to the west the train carried everyone away
How easy it is to drop everything and hide
and tell us all later
about the fact that happiness is abroad,
and laugh at your
Now native already adverbs,
now in a completely different country,
I'm happy for them, but life is not eternal,
and only the native language is in the soul
Native language
(Valery Bryusov)
My faithful friend! My enemy is insidious!
My king! My slave! Native language!
My poems are like altar smoke!
How fierce is my cry!
You gave wings to a crazy dream,
You wrapped your dream in fetters.
Saved me in the hours of impotence
And crushed with excess strength.
How often in the mystery of strange sounds
And in the hidden sense of words
I found the tune of the unexpected,
Poems that took possession of me!
But often, joy exhausted
Ile quiet intoxicated with longing,
I waited in vain to be in tune
With a trembling soul - your echo!
You wait like a giant.
I bow before you.
And yet I won't stop fighting
I am like Israel with a deity!
There is no limit to my perseverance.
You are in eternity, I am in short days,
But still, as a magician, submit to me,
Or turn the madman to dust!
Your wealth, by inheritance,
I, impudent, demand myself.
I'm calling, you answer
I'm coming - you be ready to fight!
But, defeated or winner,
I will fall down before you:
You are my avenger, you are my savior
Your world is forever my abode,
Your voice is the sky above me!
Native language
(Pavlova Lina)
I thank the past eras
Scientists and poets and people
For the language that you gave me
And saved in the most terrible year!
I thank my mother for reading to me
And, revealing the meaning of each fairy tale,
She corrected childhood mistakes
And awakened to life my thought.
I thank Kuprin, Tolstoy,
Turgenev and Chekhov always,
That my native language was enriched
And they supported me in difficult times.
And if you attack, in the years of hard times,
I haven't sunk to the bottom yet.
And if you didn’t close your heart to people,
The merit of the book is that it is my destiny!
And often without even bread,
I opened with a weak hand
Your friends, guides,
And time carried me to another world.
Native speech, beloved native language,
We draw strength from you in all ages.
You, our treasure, our strength,
And you play a role in the life of the lighthouse!
Native language, tell us the words...
Native language, tell us the words:
How to protect you, where to draw strength?
Not the inglorious nickname "Mordva",
But the name "Erzya" is proud to be worn.
To be a forerunner is an enviable fate,
Erzya "ista" breathes the Russianness of truths.
But did you know that you will be forced out
From the Volga expanse of the Fatherland?!
In the family of living Russian languages
You are the only one left among the few.
We are at the mounds of our forefathers
Let's resume the ritual of strict traditions.
Let the sacred shtAtol keep the fire,
Only with Erzyan Mastor the spirit and strength grow stronger.
Kurgan hills - bow to the ground,
So that the memory of our ancestors spoke in us.
Istya (erz.) - yes
Erzyan Shtatol - a sacred candle, a symbol of hope, unification and will of the Erzya people
Erzyan Mastor - land of Erzya
International Mother Language Day was proclaimed by the UNESCO General Conference in November 1999 and is celebrated annually on 21 February to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
This date was chosen to commemorate the events of February 21, 1952, when in Dhaka, the capital of present-day Bangladesh, students who participated in a demonstration in defense of their native language Bengali, which they demanded to be recognized as one of the state languages of the country, were killed by police bullets.
Language is the most powerful tool for the preservation and development of the world's cultural heritage. Mother tongue activities contribute not only to linguistic diversity and multilingualism, but also to a better understanding of linguistic and cultural traditions throughout the world.
By introducing Mother Tongue Day into the international calendar, UNESCO called on countries to develop, support and intensify activities aimed at respecting and protecting all languages, especially languages that are on the verge of extinction.
The theme of the Day 2016 is "Quality of Education, Language(s) of Teaching and Learning Outcomes".
Experts believe that if action is not taken, then half of the six thousand languages spoken in the world today will disappear by the end of the 21st century, and humanity may lose the most important ancient knowledge contained in the languages of indigenous peoples.
In the world, 43% (2,465) of languages are at risk of extinction. Among the countries with the most endangered languages, India (197 languages) and the United States (191) rank first, followed by Brazil (190), China (144), Indonesia (143), and Mexico (143).
According to the UNESCO Atlas of Endangered Languages, more than 200 languages have disappeared in the last three generations. Among the recently extinct languages are Manx (of the Isle of Man), which disappeared with the death of Ned Muddrell in 1974, Asa in Tanzania - disappeared in 1976, Ubykh (Turkey) - disappeared in 1992 with the death of Tevfik Esench, Eyak (Alaska, USA) disappeared in 2008 with the death of Mary Smith Jones.
In sub-Saharan Africa, where there are about two thousand languages (about a third of all the world's languages), at least 10% of them may disappear in the next 100 years.
Some languages - extinct, according to the Atlas classification - are in a state of active revival. Among them is the Cornish language (Cornish) or Sishi (New Caledonia).
The Russian language is one of the so-called world (global) languages. It is native to approximately 164 million people.
Man is a social being, in order to maintain mental health, he needs to communicate with his own kind. And not just to communicate, but also to understand each other, that is, to speak the same language.
The language of communication is one of the most important tools for the development of human society, necessary for preserving the spiritual heritage, way of life and customs. The national culture of the people is alive as long as the national language is preserved. According to UNESCO, there are currently about 6,000 different languages on the planet, and half of them are under the threat of complete oblivion, as their speakers are becoming less and less.
To help preserve the diversity of national identity, an international mother tongue day was created at the initiative of the United Nations.
The main purpose of creating this holiday is to preserve the linguistic and, accordingly, cultural traditions of small nations. And also, maintaining mutual understanding between people by building tolerance and creating opportunities for dialogue.
Why is it worth paying attention to national languages? Wouldn't it be easier if all people on the planet communicated in one, understandable language?
The fact is that the national language is not just a means of communication, but a tool for perceiving the surrounding world, it is the language that most clearly expresses the uniqueness of the perception of the surrounding world and describes the world as it is seen by a particular person. It is the language that reflects the history of the people, linking traditions and modern life. With the disappearance of the next national language, a whole layer of cultural and historical heritage created by generations disappears.
The native language, which a person hears from the moment of birth, leaves a certain imprint on the personality, endows with a certain vision of the world. After all, it is not in vain that in moments of special tension, in extreme situations, almost everyone begins to think in their native language, even if they practically do not use it in everyday life.
Of course, no one denies the importance and necessity of studying the languages of other peoples, since this is an opportunity to understand how other peoples see the world. But it is equally important to respect the national languages, especially if there are few speakers and it is in danger of being forgotten.
Why do languages disappear?
It is believed that the language will be preserved as long as it is used for communication by at least 100 thousand people. The fewer people who speak a language, the more difficult it is to keep it.
Any living language of communication is dynamic. It is constantly evolving, replenished with terms, overgrown with updated rules and regulations. Unfortunately, like all living things, the language of communication can die. Many languages have disappeared from the face of the planet irrevocably, and scientists have been struggling for years to decipher the surviving documents, compiled in languages unknown to modern people.
That is, the emergence, development and even death of the language of communication is a process, in general, natural. However, the oblivion of languages has never passed as quickly as it happened in the last century.
Thus, according to statistics, at the beginning of the century there were 193 national languages in Russia. And by the end of the century, only four dozen remained. That is, in just a hundred years, more than one and a half hundred national languages have disappeared from the face of the planet. And this is only on the territory of the former USSR.
It is clear that with the advent of modern means of communication and communication, it is increasingly difficult for small peoples to achieve recognition of their national languages. Today, only the languages used on the Internet are considered in demand. To emphasize the importance of preserving the languages of small nations, the holiday was created.
English is considered the dominant language in the world today, although it will probably soon overtake Chinese in terms of the number of speakers. Although on the Internet, English is likely to retain its leading position for a long time to come. According to statistics, the English-speaking segment occupies 81% of the worldwide web. All other languages occupy a very small percentage. For example, the German-speaking segment makes up only 2% of the world wide web.
When did the holiday start?
The holiday dedicated to the native language appeared at the turn of the century, it has been held regularly since 2000.
But when is this interesting holiday celebrated? The date of its holding was chosen in memory of the tragedy that happened in the capital of Bangladesh in the early fifties. The fact is that in this state, Bengali - the language of the indigenous people of the country was not called official. To eliminate this injustice, the students went on a demonstration in protest. The peaceful action ended tragically, during the riots that arose, several people from among the protesters died from the bullets of the police.
It happened February 21, therefore, it was decided to celebrate the day of honoring national languages on the anniversary of the events described.
How is it celebrated?
The day dedicated to the native language is recognized as international, it is widely celebrated in different countries around the world. Of course, in each country over the years of the existence of the holiday, its own traditions of celebration have developed.
In most countries, events in honor of the holiday are educational in nature. There are various seminars, public actions, practical classes. Moreover, these classes, as a rule, take place in a fun way. Pictures, educational games and other entertainment allow people to get acquainted with the basics of other national languages.
UNESCO has organized a special portal on the Internet to help national minorities whose languages are endangered. This resource allows you to learn the languages of different nationalities, that is, to gain access to the knowledge of other cultures.
The key to maintaining peace and mutual understanding is respect for the traditions and cultures of other peoples. Each national language is a kind of mirror reflecting the mentality of the people. After all, the language of communication acquired from infancy forms the national self-consciousness of a person.
The desire to understand and cognize the culture of other nationalities is a commendable phenomenon. And nothing helps to understand another people more fully than learning their language. Therefore, the desire to learn other languages is the key to understanding the diversity of our world.
Despite a common understanding of the need to preserve all national cultures, the situation remains difficult. For example, one of the most multilingual countries today is India. In this densely populated country, there are more than one and a half thousand different languages and dialects. But the minor languages are in distress as they are gradually being replaced by English, which in India is the lingua franca. Fewer and fewer people consider it necessary to teach their children national languages, so there are fewer and fewer native speakers every year.
However, efforts are being made to preserve the national languages. In many schools, the study of the native language is considered a compulsory subject. Multilingualism is also encouraged in employment in the civil service.
How do we celebrate the holiday?
Our country is multinational, so the International Mother Language Day in Russia is celebrated in a very wide and varied way.
Every year, events are held that are aimed at preserving and supporting the languages of small nations. Their study and development is encouraged.
Despite the fact that the Russian language is now the native language for millions of people, its preservation also needs to be taken care of. After all, the language is one of the components that unites not only the citizens of Russia, but also all people living abroad, but who consider Russian their native language.
The Russian language is constantly evolving, absorbing foreign words and terms. This process is completely natural, but there is no need to go too far and try to replace Russian words with foreign ones without special need. Moreover, it is necessary to fight against the contamination of the language with jargon, obscene words.
Conclusion
The greatest value that every nation should be proud of is the native language. After all, it is the words in the native language that the baby hears immediately after birth, absorbing the culture, customs and traditions of its people along with mother's milk.
The best way to get to know a person is to listen to how the person is talking. Careful attitude to the native language is an important indicator of the culture of the individual.