INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY
Every year on February 21st, International Mother Language Day draw awareness for linguistic and cultural diversity. It’s also a day to promote multilingualism.
A mother language is the first language that someone speaks. A person’s mother language helps to define a person’s identity. Some think of their mother language as a thing of great beauty. This is especially true if they live in an area where their mother language is not spoken. For them, their mother language is a way to stay connected to their homeland and their culture. Unfortunately, a mother language disappears every two weeks. When this happens, an entire cultural heritage disappears along with it.
Out of the 6,000 languages in the world, 43 percent of them are endangered. These endangered languages will become extinct in the future. Languages become endangered for several reasons. Some languages simply get replaced by ones more widely spoken. Other languages aren’t being learned by new generations of children. There are dozens of languages today that have only one native speaker still living. When that person dies, their language will also die.
On the occasion of World Mother Language Day our college also organized and celebrated some programs like essay writing competition and poem recitation. Honorable Principal Dr. Meera Raj Ma'am spoke about Malayalam language and shared her experiences after that session cultural programs also organized by students including nadapattu, kerala dance etc
