Mother Language Day 2017

[Species]

শুভ মাতৃভাষা দিবস

International Mother language Day today in remembrance of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement in 1952.

Let's celebrate the love for our mother language and the peace in speaking it.

Towards Sustainable Futures through Multilingual Education

On the occasion of this Day, I launch an appeal for the potential of multilingual education to be acknowledged everywhere, in education and administrative systems, in cultural expressions and the media, cyberspace and trade.

Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General



UNESCO celebrates International Mother Language Day (IMLD) on February 21, 2017 under the theme “Towards Sustainable Futures through Multilingual Education”. To foster sustainable development, learners must have access to education in their mother tongue and in other languages. It is through the mastery of the first language or mother tongue that the basic skills of reading, writing and numeracy are acquired. Local languages, especially minority and indigenous, transmit cultures, values and traditional knowledge, thus playing an important role in promoting sustainable futures.

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/international-mother-language-day/

 

[Species]

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[Homo Sapiens]

True condition of Bengali language in West Bengal.


While in Sierra Leone,Bengali is one of the two official language besides English

 

[Species]

AMAR EKUSHEY
Homage to language heroes

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stand in solemn silence after placing wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar in the wee hours today on the occasion of Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day. Photo: PID

Staff Correspondent

People from all walks of life paid homage to the Language Movement martyrs, who laid down their lives for the recognition of Bangla as a state language on this day 65 years ago.

Humming “Amar Bhaiyer Rokte Rangano Ekushey February...”, thousands of people thronged the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital and elsewhere in the early hours today to pay homage to the language heroes.

As the clock struck midnight, President Abdul Hamid led the nation in paying tributes by placing wreaths. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina placed a wreath at the altar just after the president. They stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memories of the language heroes.

The premier was followed by the Speaker and Deputy Speaker, mayors of Dhaka north and south city corporation, chief whip and whips of parliament. After them, the Opposition Leader in parliament, chiefs of the three services and leaders of different political parties paid their homage.

Flanked by cabinet members and senior party leaders, Hasina, also the president of Bangladesh Awami League, placed another wreath at the Shaheed Minar on behalf of the party.

People from all walks of life gather at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital in the early hours today to pay homage to the Language Movement martyrs. Photo: SK Enamul Haq
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia along with party leaders placed wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar around 1:30am.

Later on, the Shaheed Minar was opened to the public. Hundreds of people walked barefoot to it for paying tribute to the martyrs for their supreme sacrifices.

With Bangladesh, 193 countries across the globe will observe this day, as the Unesco declared it the International Mother Language Day in 1999.

On this day in 1952, students and people from all walks of life took to the streets in Dhaka to protest the then Pakistan government's refusal to recognise Bangla as one of the state languages and imposition of Urdu as the only official language of Pakistan.

Salam, Barkat, Rafiq, Shafiur, Jabbar and a few others were killed when police opened fire on their procession.

Pakistan government was ultimately compelled to include an article in the country's constitution on February 29, 1956 that declared, "The state languages of Pakistan shall be Urdu and Bengali."

A student of Fine Arts of Dhaka University painting a mural on a wall near the Central Shaheed Minar yesterday. The nation observes Amar Ekushey today . Photo: Amran Hossain
To mark the day, the Central Shaheed Minar and its adjacent areas on Dhaka University campus wore a colourful look with street paintings and graffiti with Bangla alphabets and verses about mother languages on the walls.

Today is a public holiday. The national flag will be hoisted at half-mast in all educational institutions and government, semi-government and autonomous offices to show respect to the language martyrs.

The president, the PM, the opposition leader, the BNP chairperson and leaders of other political parties issued separate messages on the day.

Abdul Hamid in his message said being a source of ceaseless inspiration, Amar Ekushey had inspired the nation to establish a sovereign state through a nine-month struggle under the farsighted and charismatic leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, UNB adds.

http://www.thedailystar.net/country...guage-movement-martyrs-1364692#1364782-305809

 

[livingdead]

I did not know such a day exists till my bangladeshi friend told me.. they are pretty proud of this fact... I should not have asked why he has a foreign name then... with arabic/persian words...

 

[Homo Sapiens]

This video shows the mass participation of Ekushay February before 1971.Pakistani rulers hated this day.One of their first acts in operation searchlight was demolition of the central Shahid Minar.Perhaps those butcher couldn't realize, a day will come when Pakistan itself will celebrate this day as an 'International Mother Language day'.

 

[Sheikh Rauf]

This video shows the mass celebration of Ekushay February before 1971.Pakistani rulers hated this celebration.One of the their first acts in operation searchlight was demolition of the central Shahid Minar.Perhaps those butcher couldn't realize, a day will come when Pakistan itself will celebrate this day as an 'International Mother Language day'.

When u said butcher u meant muktibahni or India forces who help east Pak to seprate who's cridet mody took openly.

 

[Bilal9]

I did not know such a day exists till my bangladeshi friend told me.. they are pretty proud of this fact... I should not have asked why he has a foreign name then... with arabic/persian words...

If you are a proud Hindu and can still mix with Muslims, then all sorts of oddities can exist....

Guys lets not boast/blame about butchering or any other thing. 21st February is a day to somberly remember and reflect about our history and any mistakes we made - on either side of history.

It's not a day of celebration.

 

[Species]

I did not know such a day exists till my bangladeshi friend told me.. they are pretty proud of this fact... I should not have asked why he has a foreign name then... with arabic/persian words...

This is a stupid logic, the South Indians have names with Sanskrit words despite their languages originating from Dravidian language, so you mean to say they are not proud of their language and culture?

 

[livingdead]

This is a stupid logic, the South Indians have names with Sanskrit words despite their languages originating from Dravidian language, so you mean to say they are not proud of their language and culture?

yeah but those words are part of the south indian language now... most arabic/persian words are not part of bd language(might be some urdu influence here and there among biharis)
also bangladeshis seem to have weird names like Sk raqueeb rajib... or farhana akhter moina... not that am complaining...

 

[Gandh brandi]

yeah but those words are part of the south indian language now... most arabic/persian words are not part of bd language(might be some urdu influence here and there among biharis)
also bangladeshis seem to have weird names like Sk raqueeb rajib... or farhana akhter moina... not that am complaining...

I'd say they're using Islamic words rather then persian/arabic. But that's not strictly exclusive. Some use Sanskrit origin nicknames or last name as well. Kazi Akhter "Shuvo" (male) or Farook Ahmed "Shwopon" (male) or "Shristi" Kamal (female) or Riasat Islam "Shresto" (male). Christians also use Christianized nick names like George, Arthur, Anthony, Duke etc etc while rest of the name has hindu origin surname like barman, mojumdar (their original religion) or take up gomez, lopez, rozario, di costa etc.

 

[Indika]

I'd say they're using Islamic words rather then persian/arabic. But that's not strictly exclusive. Some use Sanskrit origin nicknames or last name as well. Kazi Akhter "Shuvo" (male) or Farook Ahmed "Shwopon" (male) or "Shristi" Kamal (female) or Riasat Islam "Shresto" (male). Christians also use Christianized nick names like George, Arthur, Anthony, Duke etc etc while rest of the name has hindu origin surname like barman, mojumdar (their original religion) or take up gomez, lopez, rozario, di costa etc.

Do you know the guy who carried out the bali bombings was known as Imam "Samudra".

ppl who are named using words from their mother tongue indicate closeness to their culture/land and tend to be proud of it.
By the way does any bengali use the surname .......rasgulla!

 

[Bilal9]

yeah but those words are part of the south indian language now... most arabic/persian words are not part of bd language(might be some urdu influence here and there among biharis)
also bangladeshis seem to have weird names like Sk raqueeb rajib... or farhana akhter moina... not that am complaining...

Your knowledge of Bangladeshi people's origin and culture is incomplete.....

There are three parts in a typical middle class Bangladeshi female name (e.g. Farhana Akhter Moina).

proper First name : Farhana
proper Last name : Akhter (common last name for girls, others are Banoo, Khanam etc.)
proper Nickname : Moina (nicknames typically are proper Bengali names based on Pali language), some people prefer not to attach a nickname to their names.

These rules are for middle class people mostly. For lower or lower middle class people as well as upper class people the naming rules are again different.

A large number of Bangladeshis consider themselves to be derived from stock other than Indian stock. There is no judgment in this. We are all mutts more or less. The mix of South East Asian blood in Bangladeshi population is higher than other (esp. north-western) parts of South Asia.

 

[Kandari-Hushiyaar]

I did not know such a day exists till my bangladeshi friend told me.. they are pretty proud of this fact... I should not have asked why he has a foreign name then... with arabic/persian words...

a superficial and unexpected observation from you. Almost all of us have a Bengali nick name attached to our Arabic Name. Arabic part of our name proclaims the greatness of God or our Attachment to Islam. It is not something alien to us, Because we are Muslims , It is part of our existence.

The Problem is you see the name Mashrafe Bin Mortuza only. But Mashrafe has a Bengali name too . He is named "Kaushik" which his friends , parents, siblings use in social circle.

Do you know the guy who carried out the bali bombings was known as Imam "Samudra".

ppl who are named using words from their mother tongue indicate closeness to their culture/land and tend to be proud of it.
By the way does any bengali use the surname .......rasgulla!

The cricketer Javed Omar Belim's nickname was Golla though.

 

[Bilal9]

a superficial and unexpected observation from you. Almost all of us have a Bengali nick name attached to our Arabic Name. Arabic part of our name proclaims the greatness of God or our Attachment to Islam. It is not something alien to us, Because we are Muslims , It is part of our existence.

The Problem is you see the name Mashrafe Bin Mortuza only. But Mashrafe has a Bengali name too . He is named "Kaushik" which his friends , parents, siblings use in social circle.



The cricketer Javed Omar Belim's nickname was Golla though.

Golla, Habibulla, Rahmatulla, all the same......

Your knowledge of Bangladeshi people's origin and culture is incomplete.....

There are three parts in a typical middle class Bangladeshi female name (e.g. Farhana Akhter Moina).

proper First name : Farhana
proper Last name : Akhter (common last name for girls, others are Banoo, Khanam etc.)
proper Nickname : Moina (nicknames typically are proper Bengali names based on Pali language), some people prefer not to attach a nickname to their names.

These rules are for middle class people mostly. For lower or lower middle class people as well as upper class people the naming rules are again different.

A large number of Bangladeshis consider themselves to be derived from stock other than Indian stock. There is no judgment in this. We are all mutts more or less. The mix of South East Asian blood in Bangladeshi population is higher than other (esp. north-western) parts of South Asia.

Further - here are a collection of (ahem) faces........to give you all some idea.....