International Mother Language Day

The International Mother Language Day proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO in November 1999, has been observed yearly since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. The date represents the day in 1952 when students demonstrating for recognition of their mother tongue, Bengali, as one of the two national languages of the then Pakistan, were shot and killed by police in Dhaka, which is presently the capital of Bangladesh.​

To encourage the linguistic and cultural traditions of the multicultural community of Aberdeen, there will be different community groups & charities will take part in this event and different linguistic will perform on their own mother tongue.

Aberdeen Multicultural Centre celebrate International Mother Language Day each year in the month of February to promote the importance of mother language with different culture, colour, race and linguistic together to perform folk dance, instrumental music and many more traditional activities to show respect to their own mother tongue.

International Mother Language Day celebration on 21st February 2016 was one of the most successful event. There were performers from 25 different linguistic background, more than 100 participants and around 500 audiences enjoyed the day.