Interesting Tweets On International Mother Language Day
February 21 is International Mother Language Day. The day is observed worldwide annually to create awareness about linguistic and cultural diversity and promote multilingualism
One Twitter user asked the question, "what do you call your mother in your language?"
" Maman ". #Persian .surely most languages such a similar word . — St.Martin (@StMarti71671310) February 21, 2019
The first word of a baby ! https://t.co/EPWnhjPvQP
Another user referred to cats from various countries and how they would presumably meow in their languages...
Happy International #MotherLanguageDay, #aelincoln! https://t.co/zAgXMqoUli — Naomi Barbour (@Naomi_Barbour) February 21, 2019
Meanwhile, Divya Spandana/Ramya of the Congress reminded Twitterati that Karnataka and Kannada were two words and were often mispronounced. She also asked non-Kannada speakers to remember pronouncing the A at the end....
Today is #MotherLanguageDay — Divya Spandana/Ramya (@divyaspandana) February 21, 2019
Two words, KARNATAKA & KANNADA- most mispronounced. To my non-Kannada speaking friends, while pronouncing these two words emphasise on the A in the end ? It’s simple, would make us happy if you made this effort for us ? Happy to learn yours pic.twitter.com/rI5lIcefuR
The Nobel Prize tweeted to say that Nobel laureates in 25 languages including Bengali, Hungarian and Turkish had been honoured with the prestigious prize and reproduced a sample of the celebrated Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk's manuscript....
Celebrating #MotherLanguageDay! — The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) February 21, 2019
Did you know the #NobelPrize in Literature has been awarded to Laureates writing in a total of 25 different languages including Bengali, Hungarian and Turkish, the native language of Orhan Pamuk, whose manuscript is pictured here. pic.twitter.com/M7SU0i3pzV
The British Council's worldwide community of English language teachers, urged people to celebrate their mother tongue...
It's #MotherLanguageDay today. — TeachingEnglish (@TeachingEnglish) February 21, 2019
Let's celebrate our L1s by sharing them in the comments ? pic.twitter.com/kM4ZoGGCaS
