Talk:International Mother Language Day

To merge, or not to merge
Language Martyrs' Day is very important in Bangladesh. International Mother Language Day bases its date on it, but is a global recognition of the plight of many languages and language extinction. I think the articles should be linked, but remain seperate. The fact that this is a stub does not mean that there's nothing to say. I shall try to expand this article when I have the time. Gareth Hughes 03:37, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I second Gareth's idea. One possible expansion of the article may be to include how/when/why the day was declared as Intl' Mother Language Day and what associated activities are there in UNESCO (The unesco homepage I linked has some breif lists). --Ragib 04:08, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Even if merged, articles can always be split up again when respective sections have obtained sufficient length. Though as things exist, it's okay to keep them separate, especially if people are interested in contributing. My 2 cents. A-giau 03:13, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I agree with A-giau. It would be nice to have one neat page with more content before it gets featured on the Main Page on February 21st. The two can be split up later when there is enough material for two "free-standing" articles. -- PFHLai 04:17, 2005 Feb 18 (UTC)


 * I'm not going to have enough time to get these two articles into reasonable shape for 21 February. Perhaps it would be best to merge for the time being. Gareth Hughes 13:37, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Moving on
Looks like the articles were not merged (or merged and reseparated?) per the discussion above. Glad there's a separate article, in any event.

I am looking again at UNESCO's web space for IMLD, and after 5-6 years of following this am surprised to see that there still is neither (1) a really good presentation of the event (especially now that IMLD itself has a history; I will add a summary page they have under the External links) nor (2) any page on the upcoming observance, posted well enough in advance of the event to facilitate planning, publicity, etc.

On the other hand UNESCO does seem to preserve the pages on past years' observances, which could be adapted into a short section of main article here, indicating the themes and links. (Not time right now, but maybe later.) --A12n 13:31, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Congrats, Wikipedia!
This day is also dedicated to Wikipedia, providing a free encyclopedia for almost every mother tongue! I think we should get more publicity here, next year! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.60.41.171 (talk) 13:42, 21 February 2007 (UTC).

blanked?
Couldn't see why this was blanked, so I reverted it.Rurouniyuudai85 18:57, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Jump in logic
I'm sure that there's more reason that world celebrates this day after 40-some years of it being a strictly Bangladeshi holiday. Right now the article just says it was a local holiday for some years, but now it's international, recognized by the UN. There must have been some lobbying or other rationale for the UN to make this decision. Hires an editor (talk) 12:39, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of "How 21st February became 'International Mother Language Day'"
Just to be clear what I deleted earlier, the entirety of the "How 21st February became 'International Mother Language Day'" section was cut-and-pasted from Mukto-Mona.com. The men behind the movement should be recognized, but that's definitely not the way to do it. --Enwilson (talk) 05:08, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Globalize
The subsection on Bangladesh dominates what should be an international article. Please globalize the article more. Thanks. Boyd Reimer (talk) 16:50, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I think this is a result of the merge that happened several years ago; I think the merged article kind of lacks cohesion. It seems unclear in a number of places about whether it's talking about the original holiday or the global holiday. Schoen (talk) 02:42, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Ironically, "Mother Language" isn't real English
In English we say "native language" or "mother tongue", but not "mother language". I'd like to mention this in the article. — Wegesrand (talk) 17:14, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Agreed, it's "mother tongue", "maternal language", "native language"... "mother language" is bizarre to a native speaker - unless it's Bangladeshi English? Can anyone confirm?--74.12.224.142 (talk) 15:43, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

International Mother Language Day (Celebration and Implementation)
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Why the EU has another date to celebrate languages? cf. European Day of Languages - 26 September
Anybody knows why the EU has another date to celebrate languages? cf. European Day of Languages 26 September versus 21 February International Mother Language Day as per UN Calendar of Observances ? The EU is a loyal partner to the UN, no? --SvenAERTS (talk) 16:22, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

History section
This section adopts only one POV. It fails to mention that the 1956 Constitution made Bengali and Urdu jointly official languages. It also fails to mention that between 1947 and 1971, about half of the heads of state and government were from East Pakistan. Half the National Assembly was from East Pakistan and the body was headquartered in Dhaka. The section wrongly implies that nothing was done between 1952 and 1971. 2A00:23C7:358D:2201:811B:EE3A:E878:EA57 (talk) 18:50, 11 March 2024 (UTC)