Nam sheasamh thall aig geat a’ phrèiridh,
feur glan fom bhòtannan,
làmhan fuar nam phòcaidean,
fàileadh an dup
gu fann
gu neo-chinnteach
a’ nochdadh mu mo chuinnlean…

—Anne Frater, “Aig an Fhaing”

https://asls.org.uk/gaelic-poetry-for-english-classes/

Hyvää kansainvälistä äidinkielen päivää – Happy International #MotherLanguageDay!
Traditionally in #Europe spoken #Languages!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Charter_for_Regional_or_Minority_Languages
https://coe.int/en/web/european-charter-regional-or-minority-languages
https://rm.coe.int/november-2022-revised-table-languages-covered-english-/1680a8fef4
National language minorities of #Russia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Russia

Lagom, Saudade, Załatwić and Dépaysement.

Some words are so unique to a language that they have no direct translation.

On #MotherLanguageDay, we celebrate the linguistic and cultural diversity of our Union and the importance of preserving and promoting mother tongues.

The EU is home to:
24 official EU languages
60 regional or minority languages
Over half of Europeans proficient in a second language

Do you know another word in your language that has no direct translation? Let us know

Nam sheasamh thall aig geat a’ phrèiridh,
feur glan fom bhòtannan,
làmhan fuar nam phòcaidean,
fàileadh an dup
gu fann
gu neo-chinnteach
a’ nochdadh mu mo chuinnlean…

—Anne Frater, “Aig an Fhaing”

#Scottish #literature #poetry #Gaelic #MotherLanguageDay

https://asls.org.uk/gaelic-poetry-for-english-classes/

My humble offerings for #MusicWomenWednesday crossing streams with #motherlanguageday

Vida triste, Nynke Laverman, #Frisian fado (statistically most of you will understand that as well as #português )

She's a great #storyteller in her later songs too. Great listen

https://youtube.com/watch?v=8nJUZK3ynzs&feature=shared

I am pleased to share that this February 21 I will be speaking at Anne Arundel Community College (Baltimore, MD) on how to promote Language Justice in the curriculum. One of my students will also be participating to talk about empowering communities to speak their own language. #LanguageJustice #MotherLanguageDay @academicchatter

Happy #MotherLanguageDay! In celebration, I offer you my favorite Polish tongue twister: Pocztmistrz z Tczewa (the postmaster from Tczew).

I was invited to a Bangladeshi commemoration for the student uprising in 1952 which cost the lives of two martyrs to the language movement. The protest was in response to the Pakistani government (independence gained in 1971) banning Bangla language by mandating Urdu. It felt really momentous because the Pakistani student society put flowers at the memorial and this is apparently unheard of due to the stance of the Pakistani gov on the issue. Very special.

#MotherTongueDay / #MotherLanguageDay

Today is U.N. International #MotherLanguageDay, so I spent some time talking to #Indigenous language speakers as well as newcomers who’ve made their home in Canada. Take a listen to the full show here: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-89-crosstalk/clip/15967627-mother-language-day

Today at the institute we celebrate UNESCO International #MotherLanguageDay! We asked our staff about the languages they learned as a child at home.

Today is international #MotherLanguageDay – initiated by the UN to promote, preserve & protect the languages of our world. It is our turn, now, to thank the volunteers that translate our app & documentation in so many languages!

Being able to support so many languages is not only cool, it's an important part of making tech accessible.

Today is #InternationalMotherLanguageDay #MotherLanguageDay - an initiative by the United Nations to promote #Indigenous #Languages, #multilingualism and #linguistic #diversity.

What languages do you speak?

https://www.un.org/en/observances/mother-language-day