21st February
@Priyanka1990 (629)
Bangladesh
February 21, 2017 1:19am CST
Today is 21st February. International Mother Language Day. In this day of 1952, many people sacrificed their lives for the sake of mother tongue "Bangla". We pay a great homage to those language martyrs on this day. We are proud of them. We are proud of Bangla Language. I'm a Bangladeshi. Bangla is our mother tongue as well as state language. I love this language very much. What are your mother languages and state languages?
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@Priyanka1990 (629)
• Bangladesh
21 Feb 17
We had to struggle a lot to establish this language as our state language. So it's so special for us.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
21 Feb 17
@Priyanka1990
From where you maam?
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@Samia786m (522)
• India
21 Feb 17
My state language is marathi.And my mother tongue is gujarati.But I speaks Hindi.I can't speak marathi or gujarati.
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@Priyanka1990 (629)
• Bangladesh
21 Feb 17
But you should know those languages also. Thanx for comment
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@Priyanka1990 (629)
• Bangladesh
21 Feb 17
@Samia786m No problem. If you try, you'll be able to learn those.
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@Samia786m (522)
• India
21 Feb 17
@Priyanka1990 I can understand gujarati.But I can't speak.And I know only few words of marathi.
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@dfollin (25351)
• United States
21 Feb 17
@Priyanka1990 Oh ok, not sure what that is
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@Priyanka1990 (629)
• Bangladesh
21 Feb 17
It's not mother's day. It's the mother language day.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
21 Feb 17
Tumhi Bhaloo!
Congratulations to you on the occasion of International Mother Language Day.
Bangla is a very sweet language. Once I tried to learn it but I could not. Needless to say that Bangla is spoken in some of the Indian States also.
My mother tongue is Hindi.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
21 Feb 17
@Priyanka1990 You did not comment on my comment which I made in Bangla.
Hopefully, you were born after Bangladesh was carved out of the territory.
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@Priyanka1990 (629)
• Bangladesh
21 Feb 17
@dpk262006 yah.. but I've come to know everything from the history.
ha ami valo achi. apni?
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@Priyanka1990 (629)
• Bangladesh
21 Feb 17
I know that. We were a part of India then. Thanx a lot.
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@Priyanka1990 (629)
• Bangladesh
21 Feb 17
yah... we can express our all emotions & feelings deeply only in mother tongue
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@WriterAI (5373)
• Bulgaria
21 Feb 17
@Priyanka1990 Not at all! You are welcome! I am linguist too. I am interested in language situations in different countries. I am very sensitive about such language problems. They unify history, culture and political situation. I am curious about such situations globally.
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@Priyanka1990 (629)
• Bangladesh
21 Feb 17
@WriterAI Hmm this is a very sensitive issue
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
22 Feb 17
Wikipedia calls in "Bengali." I'm tempted to 'take this to Snopes.com,' it's so unbelievable that they would outlaw use of a language at a university!
Anyway, I'm English-speaking all the way (yes, I took some Spanish- & German- & even a little Russian-classes; but those are still 'secret-code-languages' to me (like Klingon & Romulan & Vulcan )).
Actually, Oklahoma (America) is home to many of the Native American tribes that gave us code-talkers in a war long ago---Cherokee, Choctaw, maybe Comanche & Seminole, along with obscure languages from elsewhere (look-up "code talkers" on Wikipedia).
@Priyanka1990 (629)
• Bangladesh
22 Feb 17
thanx a lot for this valuable response
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@RasmaSandra (79714)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Feb 17
Congrats to you all. My mother language is English and my second is Latvian. I also know a bit of German and French.
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@MissNikki (5237)
• Maple Ridge, British Columbia
30 Mar 17
My language is English. Here in Canada, our two official languages are English and French. I hope you have a nice International Mother Language Day
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@varunsundars (112)
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5 Mar 17
My mother tongue and my state language is TAMIL. Proud to be a tamilian...
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@Aushaw (880)
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24 Feb 17
Sacrificed their lives? No doubt your proud of them.
My mother tongue is "Kannada". It is our state language as well.