International Mother Language Day is a worldwide annual observance held on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism. First announced by UNES
Shaheed Minar, Dhaka (Martyr Monument) commemorates the 21 February 1952 Bengali language movement demonstration.
Procession march held on 21 February 1952 in Dhaka
Dedication of the International Mother Language Day Monument in Ashfield Park, Sydney, 19 February 2006
Commemorating IMLD in Canada
The European Day of Languages is observed on 26 September, as proclaimed by the Council of Europe on 6 December 2001, at the end of the European Year of Languages, which had been jointly organised by