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This is a list of language days by date. Many countries have designated specific days as celebrations, commemorations, or acknowledgments of various languages.

Language Country Date Since Details
Maldivian  Maldives February 14 2011[1]
International Mother Language Day International February 21 1999[2]
Marathi  India (Maharashtra and Goa) February 27
French  United Nations March 20[3] Coincides with International Francophonie Day
Finnish  Finland April 9 1978[4]
Erzya  Russia ( Mordovia) April 16
Chinese  United Nations April 20
English  United Nations April 23
Portuguese  United Nations May 5
Russian  United Nations June 6
Leonese  Spain (City of León, province of León) August 17
Telugu  India (Andhra Pradesh) August 29
Romanian  Romania August 31
Kyrgyz  Kyrgyzstan September 23 1989[5]
Icelandic  Iceland November 16
Basque International December 3[6]
Bashkir  Russia ( Bashkortostan) December 14[7]
Esperanto International December 15 1878[8]
Arabic  United Nations December 18

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dhivehi Language Day in the Maldives". Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. ^ "The General Conference proclaim"International Mother Language Day" to be observed on 21 February". unesdoc.unesco.org. 1999-11-16. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  3. ^ Nations, United. "Journée de la langue française | Nations Unies". United Nations (in French). Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  4. ^ Ross (2020-04-07). "Finnish language day and Mikael Agricola". MEDI Connection. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  5. ^ AnydayGuide. "Kyrgyz Language Day in Kyrgyzstan / September 23, 2021". AnydayGuide. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  6. ^ "Euskararen eguna 2021: Euskararen egunari buruzko albisteak, bideoak eta argazkiak". www.eitb.eus (in Basque). Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  7. ^ Khassenkhanova, Galiya (2019-11-26). "Bashkir Ethno-Cultural Centre promotes Bashkir culture". The Astana Times. Retrieved 2021-04-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Boulton, Marjorie. Zamenhof, Aǔtoro de Esperanto. La Laguna : J. Régulo, 1962. (in Esperanto)


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