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savetibet.bsky.social
Today is #MotherTongueDay! Did you know that there are 6 million Tibetan speakers inside of #Tibet, comprised of numerous dialects?
February 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
joannabagniewska.com
It's #MotherTongueDay, and Polish is an incredibly birdy language 🪶🇵🇱

Here's a verse from one of my favourite childhood poems: "Ptasie radio" by Julian Tuwim, an onomatopoeic masterpiece. Birders, try identifying 7 bird species by sound, they start at 1:01 and finish at 2:36.
youtu.be/A9epL5zIVP4
A poem lists names of bird species in Polish; the words are interspersed with illustrations of birds.
February 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
justynaolko.bsky.social
Der Müterśpröhtag y Wymysoü - a unique celebration of linguistic diversity and grassroots language activism at the intersection of art, research and the transmission of knowledge #wymysiöeryś #mothertongueday
February 22, 2026 at 7:39 PM
clerotto.bsky.social
Powerful reads exploring Motherhood, Mother tongue, Language & Home

#MotherLanguageDay2025
#MotherTongueDay
#InternationalMotherLanguageDay
#Belonging #motherhood #Identity #Culture
March 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
exterioresgob.bsky.social
Las lenguas son el alma de la diversidad cultural y la transmisión del conocimiento.

En el Día Internacional de la Lengua Materna, celebramos con @unesco.org la riqueza lingüística de España y del planeta.

#DíaDeLaLenguaMaterna #MotherTongueDay
February 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
I got this old #Huevember doodle for #MotherTongueDay of Croatian animals (some endemic) with their Croatian and Linnean names 🇭🇷 #SciArt

~Životinjsko Carstvo na moj način~

Ali bome malo je varanje stavit hue ko pozadinu i onda škrabat gore sa crnim i bijelim za huevember 🫣
a 5x6 squares drawing, each square is a hue going from yellow, through orange, red, pink, purple, blue, green, yellow again. each square has a different animal doodle in black, brown and white, with the croatian and linnean name in a white square in the top left corner. the rows contain 1) mammals 2) birds 3) lizards and amphibians 4) fish 5) water invertebrates 6) land invertebrates
February 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
femmeskurdes.bsky.social
PJAK: Préserver notre langue, c'est préserver notre liberté

#Kurde #LangueMaternelle #linguicide #Kurdistan #colonialism #MotherTongueDay #StatuyaKurdîPerwerdehiyaBiKurdî #zimanêKurdî #zimanêZikmakî

kurdistan-au-feminin.fr/2025/02/21/p...
PJAK : Préserver notre langue, c'est préserver notre liberté – Kurdistan au féminin
LINGUICIDE. À l’occasion de la Journée internationale de la langue maternelle, Le Parti pour une vie libre au Kurdistan (en kurde: Partiya Jiyana Azad a Kurdistanê, PJAK) a appelé à des efforts accrus...
kurdistan-au-feminin.fr
February 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
bioenergyeu.bsky.social
💬 What is your #MotherTongue? For us it is very clear. We speak #bioenergy. And you? Check your knowledge of the sector with our #glossary!

🔗 bioenergyeurope.org/glossary/

#InternationalMotherTongueDay #MotherTongueDay
February 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
dilanensemble.bsky.social
Happy #InternationalMotherLanguageDay to #Kurdistan✌️

The wood & stone at your door cried out!
Hawar (scream)...
Open your door for me...

!دار و به‌ردی به‌ر ده‌رگه‌که‌تان هاتنه تکا
هاوار، هاوار، هاوار هاوار
هاوار، هاوار، هاوار, هاوار
...ده‌رگه‌که‌تم لێ بکه‌وه

#زمانی_دایک
#zimanezikmaki
#MotherTongueDay
February 21, 2026 at 9:11 PM
femmeskurdes.bsky.social
Les Kurdes mettent en garde contre le linguicide frappant leur langue

#LangueMaternelle #linguicide #Kurdistan #colonialism #MotherTongueDay #StatuyaKurdîPerwerdehiyaBiKurdî #zimanêKurdî #zimanêZikmakî

kurdistan-au-feminin.fr/2025/02/21/l...
Les Kurdes mettent en garde contre le linguicide frappant leur langue – Kurdistan au féminin
TURQUIE / KURDISTAN – A l’occasion de la Journée internationale de la langue maternelle, de nombreuses organisations de défense des droits humains mettent en garde contre la menace de disparition qui ...
kurdistan-au-feminin.fr
February 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
femmeskurdes.bsky.social
« Qui peut dire que dérober sa langue à un peuple est moins violent que la guerre ? » Ray Gwyn Smith

#Kurde

#LangueMaternelle
#linguicide #Kurdistan #colonialism #MotherTongueDay #StatuyaKurdîPerwerdehiyaBiKurdî #zimanêKurdî #zimanêZikmakî

kurdistan-au-feminin.fr/2020/03/23/k...
Kurdî (Kurde): A la recherche d'une langue interdite – Kurdistan au féminin
« Qui peut dire que dérober sa langue à un peuple est moins violent que la guerre ? »  Ray Gwyn Smith De nos jours, la probabilité d’entendre un Kurde vous dire « Je suis kurde mais je ne parle pas le...
kurdistan-au-feminin.fr
February 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
porticolibrary.bsky.social
We took part in #MotherTongueDay and Festival of Libraries with @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social, #BlackHistoryMonth with staff visits from Manhcester City Council, and celebrated and remembered #VEDay...
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
azabrodskaja.bsky.social
Zabrodskaja A 2026 Editorial: Social and affective domain in home language development and maintenance research, volume II. Front. Psychol. 17:1813132 doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
#emakeelepäev #mothertongueday #interculturalcommunication #identity #culture #language #family @frontiersmedia.bsky.social
March 13, 2026 at 9:34 AM
ajnasir.bsky.social
#پاکستان
عالمی یوم #مادری_زبان
پاکستان میں #مردم_شماری2023ء کے مطابق کونسی مادری زبان کہاں اور کتنی بولی جاتی ہے؟
#MotherTongueDay #mothertongue #Pakistan #Sindh #Punjab #KhyberPakhtonkhwa #Islamabad
February 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
davitsbd.bsky.social
(EN)
Today is Mother Tongue Day, for all of us who speak a minority language: Never again will we be told that our languages are inferior to others. #MotherTongueday
February 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
femmeskurdes.bsky.social
La langue kurde est en danger de disparition

#LangueMaternelle
#linguicide #Kurdistan #colonialism #MotherTongueDay #StatuyaKurdîPerwerdehiyaBiKurdî #zimanêKurdî #zimanêZikmakî

kurdistan-au-feminin.fr/2025/02/21/l...
LINGUICIDE. La langue kurde est en danger – Kurdistan au féminin
PARIS – A l’occasion de la journée internationale de la langue maternelle célébrée ce 21 février, nous republions le texte d’une Franco-kurde qui nous mettait en garde, il y a quelques années, contre ...
kurdistan-au-feminin.fr
February 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
medyanews.bsky.social
🔷 ‘Genocide is not an act, it’s a process.’ Fréderike Geerdink
explores how forced assimilation, cultural erasure, and political suppression fit into this framework for Kurds.

#Genocide #CulturalErasure #MotherTongueDay

📖 Read more: medyanews.rs/BDFyAo9

➡️ Alternative: justpaste.it/eqnnk
Mother Tongue Day as an act to obscure genocide
Fréderike Geerdink It’s International Mother Tongue Day on 21 February! Pîroz be! It’s wonderful to celebrate the richness of languages
medyanews.rs
February 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
asls.org.uk
“Language denialism pits languages against ‘mixed language’/ dialect/ jargon/ lingo/ patois/. It not only creates hierarchy, but also draws a boundary between legitimate and illegitimate speech forms”

Good thread on “language denialism” here
threadreaderapp.com/thread/10985...
Thread by @GJosephRoche: "Today is @UNESCO International & 2019 is the International Year of @iyoil—let’s talk about langu […]" #MotherLanguageDay #IndigenousLanguages #woty #MotherTongueDay
Thread by @GJosephRoche: "Today is @UNESCO International & 2019 is the International Year of @iyoil—let’s talk about language denialism. of linguistic injustice. To put it in context, […]" #Mother...
threadreaderapp.com
May 25, 2026 at 2:35 PM
asls.org.uk
Yes, the terms “language” & “dialect” are complicated. The phrase “a language is a dialect with an army & a navy” comes to mind. You might be interested in this 2019 thread about ‘language denialism” by political anthropologist Gerald Roche
threadreaderapp.com/thread/10985...
Thread by @GJosephRoche: "Today is @UNESCO International & 2019 is the International Year of @iyoil—let’s talk about langu […]" #MotherLanguageDay #IndigenousLanguages #woty #MotherTongueDay
Thread by @GJosephRoche: "Today is @UNESCO International & 2019 is the International Year of @iyoil—let’s talk about language denialism. of linguistic injustice. To put it in context, […]" #Mother...
threadreaderapp.com
August 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
dpagan5.bsky.social
03/14/2026 is Mother Tongue Day 🇪🇪, National Pi Day 🌎, International Day of Action for Rivers 🏞🌎, National Children's Craft Day 🇺🇸, National Learn About Butterflies Day 🦋🇺🇸, National Potato Chip Day 🇺🇸, Dog Theft Awareness Day 🐕🇬🇧 #mothertongueday #nationalpiday #internationaldayofactionforrivers
a man petting a tiger with the word sale on the bottom left
ALT: a man petting a tiger with the word sale on the bottom left
media.tenor.com
March 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM
thefridaytimes.bsky.social
True reconciliation requires confronting past atrocities, acknowledging victims’ suffering, and breaking decades of institutional denial.
By Dr Aftab Husain

Read more: thefridaytimes.com/19-Dec-2025/...

#Pakistan1971 #Bengali #LanguageMovement #UrduLiterature #FaizAhmedFaiz #MotherTongueDay
December 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
thefridaytimes.bsky.social
Pakistani literature wrestles with 1971’s legacy, revealing silence, selective memory, and the moral burden of unacknowledged history.
By Dr Aftab Husain

Read more: www.thefridaytimes.com/19-Dec-2025/...

#Pakistan1971 #Bengali #LanguageMovement #UrduLiterature #FaizAhmedFaiz #MotherTongueDay
Language, Memory, And The Unfinished Shadow Of 1971 In Pakistani Literature
Literature confronts silence, memory, and moral responsibility, bearing witness to suffering and the enduring weight of history
www.thefridaytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
femmeskurdes.bsky.social
« Un pain en turc »: Quand parler en kurde devient un crime

Journée internationale de la langue maternelle

#linguicide #Kurdistan #colonialism #MotherTongueDay #StatuyaKurdîPerwerdehiyaBiKurdî #zimanêKurdî #zimanêZikmakî

kurdistan-au-feminin.fr/2025/02/21/u...
« Un pain en turc »: Quand parler en kurde devient un crime – Kurdistan au féminin
LINGUICIDE. A l’occasion de la Journée internationale de la langue maternelle, nous partageons avec vous un texte que nous avions publié il y a quelques années sur l’interdiction de la langue kurde en...
kurdistan-au-feminin.fr
February 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
clerotto.bsky.social
Mother Language Books 📚 Feel free to add suggestions from your own bookshelves about Language/Mother/place/Voice dynamic

#MotherLanguageDay2025
#MotherTongueDay
#Motherhood #Identity #Culture
February 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
clerotto.bsky.social
The Language of our Soul in 📚📚📚
Our first Language
The Language from which we grow our roots

What is your relationship with your Mother tongue?

Some excellent & powerful reads

#MotherLanguageDay2025
#MotherTongueDay
#InternationalMotherLanguageDay
February 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM