International Mother Language Day
Speak it with pride
Today is International Mother Language Day (世界母語日). Have you spoken your mother tongue today? If not, you should remember what the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) is doing to mother tongues in Taiwan (and has been doing for several decades).
Lilting uplifters: Taiwan, 台灣, International Mother Language Day, 世界母語日
Cross-posted at It's Not Democracy, It's A Conspiracy!
Labels: International Mother Language Day, Taiwan, Tim Maddog, 世界母語日, 台灣
posted Saturday, February 21, 2009 @ 4:08 PM by Tim Maddog
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On the occasion of International Mother Language Day on 21st February, you may be interested in the contribution, made by the World Esperanto Association, to UNESCO's campaign for the protection of endangered languages.
The following declaration was made in favour of Esperanto, by UNESCO at its Paris HQ in December 2008. http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=38420&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html
The commitment to the campaign to save endangered languages was made, by the World Esperanto Association at the United Nations' Geneva HQ in September.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eR7vD9kChBA&feature=related or http://www.lernu.net
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