International Mother Language Day in 2021

21st February is known as Ekushey February or International Mother Language Day. On 21st February 1952, in Bangladesh, Salam, Barqat, Rafiq and Shafiur and many others sacrificed their lives in order to able to speak their mother tongue, Bangla, freely. https://t.co/rjNxoTaSsL

— SHAMIMA (@21sxjr) February 21, 2021

Mother Language Day. Today, Feb. 21, is International Mother Language Day. Do you know that one language disappears every two weeks? UNESCO said. Igbo language will not die! To mark today, all our tweets will be in Igbo lang. Dee n'asụsụ Igbo. #MotherLanguageDay #IgboLanguage

— IGBO History & Facts (@IgboHistoFacts) February 21, 2021

Languages represent who we are I recited my Parliamentary oath in Urdu, to honour my heritage & promote diversity within Parliament (we still have a long way to go) This #MotherLanguageDay let’s celebrate the power of multilingualism What’s your mother language? 👇🏽 🇵🇰 اردو https://t.co/GY908Y6wqa

— Afzal Khan MP 💙 (@Afzal4Gorton) February 21, 2021

Civil activists have gathered outside the judiciary office in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province to protest against the five year jail sentence for Kurdish language teacher Zahra Mohammadi on the occasion of International Mother Language Day. via @AlinejadMasih #Iran https://t.co/MQ75KOHAD6

— CSHR (@CSHRIran) February 21, 2021

Mother language day is not only the day of celebration of your mother tongue, but it's also being proud of your culture, in short , it defines you. It's day for being the torchbearer of your own culture.......#سنڌي_ٻولي_قومي_ٻولي

— AaliyaKhan (@AaliyaK34962333) February 20, 2021

Happy International Mother Language/Tongue Day! Today (a holiday endorsed by the UN) commemorates the sacrifices made by Bangladeshi students and lecturers who fought to preserve the Bengali Language. https://t.co/ElrkF4ufXL

— MissNessa (@NessaTahmin) February 21, 2021

Today is an important day for ALL Bengalis. International Mother Language day, is the anniversary of the day, Bangladeshis fought for the recognition of Bangla under the rule of West Pakistan. We remember the lives of 4 brave students that defied the Pakistani Govt in 1952 🇧🇩 https://t.co/F0u5VgZbX4

— insta: follow @lordbengali (@lordbengali) February 21, 2021