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International Mother language Day .

Dutch is the official language of the Netherlands. It is a difficult language with some very different pronunciations.

This picture depicts the very useful Van Dale dictionary for Dutch-English translations.

Speakers Debra Basham and Joel Bowman PhD brought a new understanding of healing through the words we use with patients

Body language says it all . Members of the Colombian Dance Group performing to the appreciative audience .

Multicultural Festival . Brisbane .

English Language Fellow Hope Hardin collaborated with UNAN-León to teach a week-long intensive Master's course on Techniques and Strategies for Teaching English Reading. This course is one in a series being offered as part of the Master's in EFL. Classes went from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. each day along with teacher-supported workshop time from 4-6 p.m. Some of the course topics included reading comprehension strategies, Collaborative Strategic Reading, choosing texts with appropriate level for students, research and theory on reading in both L1 and L2, using the Gradual Release of Responsibility model for instruction, giving and receiving peer feedback for professional growth, and some strategies and ideas for basic and intermediate levels of reading.

The Berlin Language of Art & Music Conference 2014

 

"Cinematic Cultural Diplomacy: Practicing Cultural Diplomacy through Film"

 

(Berlin; February 12th - 14th, 2014 - Held Parallel to the Berlin International Film Festival)

 

The Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies - Publications

Institute for Cultural Diplomacy

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www.culturaldiplomacy.org

Today marks International Mother Language Day in Ontario, a day where we have the opportunity to promote and recognize linguistic and cultural diversity. Our province is home to people from 200 different ethnic origins, speaking more than 150 different languages. By preserving and sharing mother languages, we are able to build a more respectful, tolerant and harmonious community in Ontario.

 

This day is near and dear to my heart, as I brought forward legislation in 2009 proclaiming February 21 as International Mother Language Day in Ontario. Last night, I had the pleasure of recognizing this important day at the Bangladesh Centre and Community Services - BCCS in Toronto alongside Arthur Potts, MPP, MP Bill Blair, and Toronto City Councillor Janet Davis.

Mesopotamia—the land between rivers—lay cradled by the Tigris and Euphrates, in what is today Iraq, and parts of Syria, Iran and Turkey. It is here, over 5000 years ago, that humanity began to write, to measure, to shape the world with thought made material.

 

Often called the cradle of civilisation, Mesopotamia gave rise to the first known cities, legal codes, poetry, and trade networks. But perhaps most quietly revolutionary: it was here that time was made. The division of hours into 60 minutes, of days into structured ritual and celestial rhythm, stems from the Sumerians’ sexagesimal system. They watched the stars and counted the breath between shadow and light.

 

It was not a single civilisation, but many: Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians—each layering knowledge upon the next. And though temples and empires rose and fell, it was the everyday—the shaping of clay, the weaving of linen, the counting of grain—that endured. Culture, here, was not a luxury. It was a way of surviving beautifully.

 

In Mesopotamia, humans became makers of meaning.

Not through conquest. But through pattern. Through form. Through time.

 

“Kiln Songs”

 

They did not know

they were building the spine

of centuries.

 

A kiln in a courtyard—

a cracked bowl resting

like a sleeping moon.

 

Laughter braided through fingers

as slip met skin.

 

Clothes not tailored, but grown—

colours whispered

from plants, ash, and river bones.

 

They spun stories not in language,

but in glaze,

in fringe,

in the swing of a hip

on market mornings.

 

Their world had no history yet—

just movement.

Just clay that remembered the hand

that touched it.

 

River bends her mouth—

hands shape bowls from silt and song.

Dust listens, still warm.

 

Fringes catch the breeze—

girls in linen, laughing light.

Time forgets their names.

 

Before stone knew form,

before breath turned into text,

she danced, shaping flame.

Dentonia Park, Toronto. Commemorates the right of all people to speak their mother tongue

The Love Language perform at Raleigh City Plaza in Raleigh, NC as part of the Hopscotch Music Festival on 9/11/10. Shot for PopMatters.

JALT's 49th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning took place November 24 - 27, 2023 in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Photo by Bradford Lee.

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Arabic language celebrated today as a symbol of unity and diversity

 

Baghdad, 18 December 2015 – Arabic, the language of religion, science and literature, was celebrated at an event organized in observation of World Arabic Language Day in the prestigious Sami Abdel Hameed Theatre located in the heart of the Al Mutanabi Street in Baghdad today, in the presence of artists, intellectuals, linguists and representatives of many national and international institutions, including the Ministry of Culture, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and UNESCO.

 

The event comes a week after Baghdad was designated as a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in the field of literature. Baghdad’s designation to the list recognizes the importance of the past and present intellectual and literary life of the city.

 

“Among all the contributions that Arab people gave to the universal human civilization, the Arabic language reigns supreme,” said Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG) Gyorgy Busztin. “Arabic is one of the major languages not only on account of the Holy Qur’an, but also on account of the role it played in building and sustaining human civilization. Much of the heritage of antiquity survived thanks to medieval Arab scholars. Their contributions in various fields form the basis of modern science, and all that came to us in the Arabic language. Arabic therefore deserves to be celebrated as a language that contributed greatly to shaping our world”, added DSRSG Busztin.

 

Axel Plathe, Director of UNESCO Office for Iraq described the Arabic language as a “symbol of unity in diversity as it enables millions of men and women to make their voices heard and build cultural ties beyond physical borders”. He added: “Today, we pay tribute to Arabic and the great role that it has played over hundreds of years in the flow of knowledge on so many subjects ranging from philosophy to literature, from medicine to psychology, from astronomy to mathematics.”

 

This year, World Arabic Language Day is dedicated to science and scientific communication. The celebration aimed at highlighting the historical role of the Arabic language in research and the dissemination of knowledge, and the importance of multilingualism for the research community today.

 

The celebration, also attended by the Deputy Minister of Culture included panel discussions on the intersections of the Arabic language with the sciences, poetry, calligraphy and other topics.

 

Al Mutanabi Street, Iraq’s literary district, is where language and literary meet and where a cultural community has flourished for years. The unique street plays a crucial role in the cultural life and the constant revival of Arabic language and literature. Dating back to the 8th century, Al Mutanabi Street was a refuge for writers and authors of all religious and ethnic backgrounds. The street was a symbol of diversity and unity, emblematic of the day’s celebration

  

World Arabic Language Day was established by a decision of UNESCO’s Executive Board in 2012. The initiative, proposed by Morocco and Saudi Arabia, seeks to promote multilingualism and cultural diversity, as well as celebrate Arabic language’s role in and contribution to the safeguarding and dissemination of human civilization and culture.

 

Photos by UNAMI PIO.

 

speech , writing and thinking

Images from the 3rd Annual Love Languages event inside the Benson Center on February 9, 2017. The annual event was sponsored by Modern Languages and Literatures Department.

 

(Photo credit: Joanne H. Lee/Santa Clara University)

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Title: Uranoscopia, or the pure language of the stars, unfolded by the motion of the seven erratics, etc

Creator: Sibly, E. (Ebenezer), 1751-1800. n 86817613

Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]

Sponsor: Wellcome Library

Contributor: Wellcome Library

Date: 1790

Language: eng

Description: An astrological common-place book, engraved throughout

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Note: The colors, contrast and appearance of these illustrations are unlikely to be true to life. They are derived from scanned images that have been enhanced for machine interpretation and have been altered from their originals.

 

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Underwater Odyssey snorkeling sea tour in Pattaya Thailand, September-16-2025

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Solrun's 2nd desk and two computers.

The British and the Omanis: two peoples divided by a common sign language?

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