Why is the day of the Russian language important? International Mother Language Day: Origins, Celebration, Prospects. How the holiday is celebrated with us

International Mother Language Day on February 21

International day native language, proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO in November 1999, has been celebrated every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.

Languages ​​are the most powerful tool for the preservation and development of our material and spiritual heritage. According to UNESCO estimates, half of the 6 thousand languages ​​of the world may soon lose their last speakers.

All steps to promote the spread of native languages ​​serve not only to promote linguistic diversity and multilingual education, develop a fuller acquaintance with linguistic and cultural traditions around the world, but also strengthen solidarity based on mutual understanding, tolerance and dialogue.

This is what UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura says about this holiday: “In celebrating International Mother Language Day ... we pay tribute to the myriad of languages ​​that exist in the world, the cultures they reflect, the creativity that gives people their development and forms of expression. ... On International Mother Language Day, all languages ​​are recognized as equal because each is uniquely suited to human purpose and each represents a living heritage that we must safeguard. "

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 learn our mother tongue from our mother in childhood. It forms our consciousness, impregnates 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 for us. Acquaintance with people who speak other languages ​​makes it possible to learn about our differences, can dispel fears of the world that give rise to national strife. Make your thinking more free.

If we speak only one language, part of our brain develops less, our Creative skills lose a lot. There are about 300 words that in all languages ​​have exactly the same meaning: I, you, we, who, what, no, all, 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 to denote the concept of "love".

One example. There are about 1600 languages ​​and dialects in India, the situation is very difficult. The constitution guarantees all citizens the right to “preserve” their languages, and all ethnic and religious minorities have the right to govern educational institutions. In fact, there is a linguistic hierarchy. Minor languages ​​may disappear, being replaced by English, which is perceived as a neutral language, a symbol of modernity and good social status.

Every century needs a native language ...
(Kenzheev Bakhyt)

Every century needs a native language
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
a barren, cloudy country,
to blame your labor
native language that has become a cumbersome stone.

From the street, the invalid put his ear to the glass.
Everyone's throat hurts, everyone's eyes are watery,
if the century is decaying, and its spring
dries up without comforting us.

The stones will erase the sole, they will take away youth,
so that the singing reed grows out of the water,
so that in old age he could justify his work
unquenchable lace stone cutters.

Well - peeling off the crust from compressed lips,
overcoming lies, and an abscess in the ears,
to every sky - if you don't love the century -
let it slip, forgotten repeating

In the native language, because again
in every living thing, the early morning sleep is deep,
to merge hate and love
in your narrow pupil in a golden ball.

About native language
(Galina Purga)

The tongue is your guide to the mind and heart,
Without it, you will be stumped.
Your language is your life, your dreams,
You are no longer you without him.

Your tongue is like a mother
Which is impossible not to humiliate, not to offend.
You must thank him, friend
For being able to speak correctly.

Mother tongue is your soul, your world, your ray,
Love him for being powerful.
Your tongue is a shield, your communication
Do not let him be neglected.

Don't let someone else label your native language.
Your legacy is your land and your language
And don't let the ignorant distort it,
You, my friend, do not forget about this

Native Russian language

I will not fight my brother for the language,
We'd better have more vodka and fresh snacks.
But something for the first time quietly happy mother,
When I just opened my eyes, she told me in Russian.

And so it poured into my blood with my mother's milk
The same language as a gift from the messenger ancestors.
Today I hear the cry of a fellow countryman again and again
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 a street descent
They will drive my spirit from the unfortunate Ukrainian lands
For writing his lines in Russian during his lifetime.

Native language

Everyone is addicted to Arabic
everyone was drawn to the east,
Spanish, Polish, Italian,
the train carried everyone to the west

How easy it is to drop everything and hide
and tell us all later,
that happiness is abroad,
and laugh at your

Now the native language is already
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!
Like a furious challenge - my cry!

You gave wings to a mad dream
You wrapped your dream in chains.
Saved me in hours of powerlessness
And he crushed with excess strength.

How often are strange sounds in secret
And in the hidden sense of words
I found the melody of the unexpected,
The poems that took possession of me!

But often, joyfully tortured
Or intoxicated with quiet melancholy,
I waited in vain to be in tune
With a trembling soul - your echo!

You wait, like a giant.
My face is inclined before you.
And all the same I won't get tired of fighting
I am like Israel with a deity!

There is no limit to my persistence.
You are in eternity, I am in short days,
But still, like a magician, submit to me,
Or turn the madman to dust!

Your wealth, by inheritance,
I, impudent, demand myself.
I throw a call - you answer,
I'm coming - you get ready to fight!

But, defeated or the winner,
I will equally fall 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 old eras
Scientists and poets and people
For the language that you gave me
And they saved it in the worst year!

I thank my mother for reading
And, revealing the meaning of each tale,
She corrected childhood mistakes
And awakened my thought to life.

I thank Kuprin, Tolstoy,
Turgenev and Chekhov always,
That my mother tongue was enriched
And they supported me in difficult times.

And if you attack, in the years of hard times,
I have not sunk to the bottom yet,
And if she did not close her 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 transported me to another world.

Native speech, beloved native language,
We draw strength from you in all ages.
You, our jewel, 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 an inglorious nickname "Mordovians"
But the name "Erzya" is proud to be worn.

To be a forerunner is an enviable fate,
The Erzyan "istya" breathes the Russianness of truths.
But did you know that they would drive you out
From the Volga expanse of the Fatherland ?!

In the family of living Russian languages
You are left - one among the few.
We are at the mounds of our forefathers
Let's renew the ritual of strict traditions.

Let the sacred shtatol keep the fire,
Only with Erzyan Mastor spirit and strength grow stronger.
To the mound hills - bow to the ground,
So that the memory of our ancestors speaks in us.

Istya (erz.) - yes
Erzyan Shtatol - a sacred candle, a symbol of hope, unification and will of the Erzyan people
Erzyan Mastor - the land of Erzyan

International Mother Language Day was proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO in November 1999 and is celebrated annually on February 21 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 were killed by police bullets in a demonstration in defense of their native language Bengali, which they demanded to be recognized as one of the official languages ​​of the country.

Language is the most powerful tool for the preservation and development of the world cultural heritage... Native language dissemination activities contribute not only to linguistic diversity and multilingualism, but also to a fuller understanding of linguistic and cultural traditions around the world.

By introducing Mother Language 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 measures are not taken, then half of the 6,000 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) languages ​​are threatened with extinction. Among countries with the largest number endangered languages, the first place is occupied by India (197 languages) and the United States (191), followed by Brazil (190), China (144), Indonesia (143), and Mexico (143).

According to the UNESCO Atlas of the Endangered Languages ​​of the World, over 200 languages ​​have disappeared over the past three generations. Among the recently disappeared languages ​​are Manx (inhabitants of the Isle of Man), which disappeared with the death of Ned Maddrell in 1974, Ace 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 about two thousand languages ​​(about a third of all languages ​​in the world), 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 are Cornish (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.

Date in 2019:.

It is natural for most people to communicate, convey emotions in their own language. Only a person got such a unique gift - to have the gift of speech. And within the framework of one article it is difficult to reveal the depth, the magic that is hidden behind this gift. People tried to emphasize the originality, uniqueness of each language, each dialect international level by creating a holiday of the same name - International Mother Language Day.

A person from birth hears unfamiliar sounds that flow from the lips of a loved one as a song. It is these initially incomprehensible sounds that become for the child later that very native language.

And there is no way to make you then forget those very first, most familiar words. Indeed, a person remembers up to 80% of words precisely at the age of up to 7 years. Therefore, the language of childhood becomes the closest one for life. And even if only a few hundred people speak it, it will still warm your soul and heart, because it is on it that you are used to thinking, it is on it that the heroes of your dreams speak.

Language is the spiritual heritage of a nation

Real political battles and even warriors often developed around the theme of language. The way to communicate was dictated not only by the social order, but also by many other conventions.

Every nation and nationality from time immemorial tried to preserve its originality, the main expression of which was the language. But circumstances and realities often developed in such a way that local dialects were oppressed or completely forbidden by the colonialists or conquerors. So, in many English and French colonies, over the years, the native language was simply ousted by new laws.

Besides, small peoples just die out. Their language also disappears. According to statistics, about 24 dialects disappear from the planet every year. Only in Russia 2 adverbs are forgotten every year.

Immediately after the revolution, there were up to 193 languages ​​on the territory of the current Russian Federation, and by the end of 1991 there were only 140 of them.

It cannot be said that before human evolution did not face the birth of new dialects and the extinction of old languages. But in the XX century, this process has accelerated significantly.

Development information technologies gave impetus to spread international languages with the actual suppression of the underutilized. In fact, it turns out that a language that does not exist on the web actually does not exist. But of 6,000 dialects today, 69% use only 1/25 of the world's inhabitants. And 80% of African dialects have no writing at all.

Therefore, it is believed that almost half of the languages ​​known today are on the verge of extinction. It is this problem that is voiced on the International Mother Language Day.

history of the holiday

Issues related to the preservation of a certain dialect, in recent times is getting sharper. After all, the dominant positions of the same English language on the Internet reach unimaginable positions. This is 81%, while the same German and Japanese account for 2%, 1% each occupy a niche French and Spanish. Somewhere among the remaining 8% is Russian.

What can we say about rare dialects. Therefore, the initiator of celebrating the Mother Language Day was the small country of Bangladesh, which only in 1971 achieved independence and recognition.

This idea was supported by UNESCO and since 2000 the International Mother Language Day is celebrated all over the world.

Holiday date associated with tragic event that took place in 1952 in Pakistan. Students took part in a demonstration on February 21 to defend their language. However, the demonstrators were shot by the police. But despite such a sad outcome of the event, Bengali, with which the riots were associated, was declared official in the country.

It is on February 21 in 2017 that Russia and the whole world will celebrate a holiday associated with the protection of the native language as a unique heritage of mankind.

Mother Language Day in Russia

The Russian language has always been a national pride for its speakers. After all, it was in this language that they spoke famous classics and emperors, scientists and travelers who glorified Russia.

It is the Russian language that belongs to the status of the state language on the territory of Russia. However, today Russian Federation- a multinational state. And each nation has its own language, dialect and related traditions.

On the day of the native language, the goal of Russians is not only to emphasize their national pride in the state language, but also to speak about the importance of the language of small peoples, the uniqueness of dialects of national minorities. And everything must be done so that these dialects do not disappear, but remain, remain, as national pride, the identity of the entire population of Russia.

But it so happened that native speakers of the Russian language live not only in Russia. Many Russian speakers live abroad. And in modern geopolitical conditions, the attitude of some states towards their Russian-speaking citizens is simply bewildering.

It's hard to judge who is to blame for the current realities, but on the International Day of the Mother Language, February 21, I would like to wish people who find themselves in such a situation patience and not forget, in spite of everything, their truly native dialect.

Congratulations in prose and poetry

The word has always given wings to the soul, the word called to victory and on the road, the word can inspire and calm, give hope and make happy. Only native words, native speech caress the ear and warm the heart. And even in a foreign land, a person tries to hear his native speech. So don't forget about your native language. And if you expect respect for your native dialect on a holiday, and not only treat with respect to any languages.

What could be closer and closer

The native country, its people.

What could be more expensive

Native words and friends.

And fill with the word of the soul:

Chat, think and read.

Don't give your enemies a chance, remember

And don't forget your language.

Larisa, February 9, 2017.

International Mother Language Day is celebrated annually in the world on February 21. This holiday was established on November 17, 1999 by the General Conference of UNESCO, and began to celebrate it in February 2000. The main task of the International Mother Language Day holiday can be called the promotion of linguistic and cultural diversity in the world.

Recall that 2008 was declared in the resolution of the UN General Assembly as the International Year of Languages, and 2010 became the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures.

Languages ​​are considered to be the most effective tool for preserving and developing the material and spiritual heritage of any nation. Today there are about 6 thousand languages ​​in the world. According to UNESCO, in the near future, about half of them may lose their last carriers and disappear completely.

About 80% African languages have no writing at all. The trend of extinction of languages ​​in the future will only intensify.

A language can survive if at least 100,000 people speak it. Languages ​​disappear not only in modern world, it always happened, sometimes extinct languages ​​did not even leave a trace. However, languages ​​have never disappeared so quickly before. Very often, the extinction of languages ​​was led by the desire of the rulers to achieve the unity of their country, for this they had to force the people to use one common language.

One of the most important goals of the International Mother Language Day is the protection of endangered languages. The problem of the disappearance of languages ​​is very urgent today, because at the present time about two languages ​​disappear in the world every month.

The emergence of new technologies has made it increasingly difficult for national minorities to achieve recognition of their languages. This is due to the rapid development of the Internet throughout the world. And today it is believed that the language that is not represented on the Internet, as it were, does not exist at all. It is estimated that on the Internet, about 81% of all pages are made on English language... German and Japanese, French, Spanish and Scandinavian languages ​​follow by a huge margin.

UNESCO has even created a special portal for disadvantaged national minorities. It allows these people to gain access to human knowledge and education.

The meaning of the native language

Language is a system of sound and written symbols that people use to convey their thoughts and feelings. Scientists generally agree that the language originated about half a million years ago. However, until now none of them can explain with certainty how exactly its origin took place. All languages ​​on our planet are roughly equal in terms of structural complexity.

It is thanks to them that our material and spiritual heritage is developed and preserved. Each language is unique in its own way, therefore it represents a very great cultural value, which we must try to preserve as long as possible.

Any steps taken to spread the native languages ​​contribute to linguistic diversity and multilingual education. People around the world should become more familiar with the linguistic and cultural traditions of their countries. This allows for the strengthening of solidarity based on mutual understanding and dialogue.

Great attention should be paid to the native language, because it is a tool for communication, reflection and perception, it describes our vision of the world. In addition, language is also able to reflect the connection between the past, present and future, serves as a means of expressing creativity.

The native language leaves a unique imprint on each of us from the moment of birth. In addition to the native language, a person can also master foreign languages. This allows us to get acquainted with a different culture and a different worldview. Each language has unique expressions that reflect the mentality and customs of the people who speak it. A person comprehends his native language from infancy. Even in the womb, the child already hears speech. When he is born, he gradually begins to speak the language spoken by the people around him in the family.

We can say that the native language forms our consciousness within the framework of the culture that is embedded in it.

However, science has proven that if a person speaks only one language, then part of his brain develops less, and creativity also does not develop fully. Therefore, learning foreign languages ​​is very useful for our development. It should be noted that it is much easier for children to learn foreign languages ​​than for adults.

Traditions for the holiday on February 21

On this holiday, 21 February, International Mother Language Day, various exhibitions, concerts and language presentations are held at UNESCO Headquarters and its affiliates around the world.

To protect languages, UNESCO even plans to create a preventive monitoring system. This system will help monitor the state of those languages ​​that are threatened with complete extinction, and will also help to improve the situation.

It should be noted that the date of the celebration coincides with the date of the holiday, which is celebrated in Bangladesh in memory of the bloody events of the middle of the last century. Then, in 1952, supporters of Bengali to be recognized as the official language of eastern Pakistan, were brutally repressed by the Pakistani police.

In our multinational country, there are a large number of different languages... At the same time, 136 of them in 2009 were recognized by UNESCO as endangered.

V different cities our country for the holiday on February 21 - International Day native language - they try to coincide with various events and actions to protect the Russian language.

Many people do not like the current situation around modern mass media. All of them widely use profanity, slang, criminal language, a huge number of foreign words, etc. All this contributes to the pollution of the Russian language.

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International Mother Language Day in 2020 is celebrated on February 21. The holiday is celebrated by people who study and transfer knowledge about the language: teachers of literature, language, researchers of writing, library staff, students, teachers and graduate students philological faculties higher educational institutions people who are passionate about linguistics.

The purpose of the holiday is to promote linguistic and cultural diversity, to protect endangered languages. Each year it is dedicated to a specific topic.

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history of the holiday

On November 17, 1999, the General Conference of UNESCO declared February 21 as the International Day of the Mother Language. The first celebrations took place in 2000. The UN General Assembly supported the initiative to declare the holiday in 2002 in Resolution Α / RES / 56/262. She called on member countries to contribute to the preservation and protection of the languages ​​of the peoples of the world.

The date of the holiday is timed to commemorate the tragedy that occurred in Bangladesh on February 21, 1952. Pakistani police shot the protesters who advocated the recognition of the Bengali language as the state language.

Holiday traditions

On this day, educational lectures, conferences, seminars are held. Protective actions are taking place state language... At the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris and in its branches, exhibitions and presentations dedicated to languages ​​are organized, and festive concerts are organized. V educational institutions thematic classes are held. Contests are held among connoisseurs of the native language. The media publishes articles on active and endangered languages.

Each official language The UN has its own holiday. June 6 is the Day of the Russian Language, April 23 - English, October 12 - Spanish, March 20 - French, December 18 - Arabic and April 20 - Chinese. September 26 is the European Day of Languages, August 18 - Common Language Day.

54% of Internet resources are in English, 6% - in Russian.

There are 7 thousand languages ​​on Earth. One of the reasons for their disappearance is the uneven distribution of the number of carriers. A language dies out if fewer than 100 thousand people speak it.

In 2009, UNESCO recognized 136 languages ​​in Russia as endangered.

The UN General Assembly has proclaimed 2008 the International Year of Languages.

Pidgin is a simplified, non-native speech, a means of communication between several ethnic groups.

Researchers argue that the primitive proto-language appeared 2.3 million years ago in Homo habilis - highly developed Australopithecus.

The history of linguistics began in the 5th century BC. NS.