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Dankon, Ian Carter, pro la traduko. Iu bonvolu diri al mi, kiam mi
ekutiligu ĝin.
Amike
Renato
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> 21st February – International Mother Language Day
>
> On the 21st February 1952, at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh,
> police shot dead a number of demonstrating students. Those students
> were demonstrating for people to acknowledge the existence of their
> mother tongue – Bengali (bangla / bn / ???). There was a move to
> remove that language from the university in favour of a “greater”
> language, spoken by the strong people of the time.
>
> This is something which has been repeated – in various forms –
> continually throughout the entire world and throughout history, not
> only in Bengal but also, for example, in the Netherlands, whose
> parliament approved a plan on 29th September 2015 to gradually remove
> Dutch from elementary schools in favour of English.
>
> These are not unique events. In both Bengal and the Netherlands there
> is the same logic: “I’m the strong one, so shut up, and if by any
> chance you want to speak, speak my language”. On the other hand, as
> all linguists tell us (we quote one of them, Ken Hale): “When a
> language dies, we lose a great intellectual richness, as if a bomb had
> dropped on the Louvre Museum.”
>
> Apart from the social injustice, which happens when anyone’s mother
> tongue is disrespected, we should be aware of the fact that biologic
> and linguistic diversity are inseparable, interconnected and dependent
> one upon the other. The loss of linguistic diversity brings about the
> loss of traditional knowledge which is essentially necessary for the
> continuance of biodiversity, for life.
>
> On 17th November 1999 Unesco proclaimed 21st February as the
> International Mother Language Day. In 2007 as well, the General
> Assembly of the UN called on member states to “promote the
> preservation and protection of all languages used by peoples of the
> world”, at the same time declaring 2008 as the Year of Languages. In
> 2014 on its website, Unesco also published an Esperanto version of a
> message from the General Director, Irina Bokova.
>
> What does this have to do with Esperanto? The two things are in fact
> related, because the core values of this day, multilingualism and the
> right of every person to speak his/her mother language, are also the
> values defended by the movement for Esperanto. We Esperantists do not
> want any language to disappear; we want all languages to continue
> existing, with respect for everyone’s linguistic rights, and for
> linguistic justice to prevail. With this aim, for many years the
> Universal Esperanto-Association (UEA) has solemnly co-celebrated this
> day, to underline among other things that Esperanto does not eliminate
> languages, which is one way the languages of great economic and
> military powers are used.
>
> Esperanto, in fact, is a means of protecting against the disappearance
> of languages, as Mrs Vigdis FINNBOGADOTTIR (President of the Icelandic
> Republic, 1980-1996) said: “The time is right for the various nations
> to understand that a neutral language could become a real means of
> fortifyingtheir cultures against the monopolistic influence of just
> one or two languages, as that is more and more in evidence today. I
> sincerely hope that Esperanto will make rapid progress to help all
> nations of the world.”
>
> Perhaps someone is still asking: “Precisely why Esperanto?” The reason
> is simple. Behind Esperanto there are no states, economic systems,
> imperialistic struggles, nor peoples whose interest would be the
> elimination of other peoples, their languages, or the acquisition of
> their markets. Behind Esperanto there are only people of good will,
> who strive for justice for all cultures and all languages, in peace
> between the peoples.
>
> “To strengthen the rights of the speakers of every language is the
> goalto which Esperanto makes an essential contribution.” (Prof. Robert
> Phillipson). Esperanto is an instrument accelerating the attainment of
> just communication and thus of just relations between ethnic groups,
> cultures, people. “... I hope that Esperanto will continue the
> fulfilment of this two-sided role supporting diversity and creating
> unity.” (Rita Izsak, Special Reporter of the UN)
>
> Consequently, Esperanto helps everyone to keep their own language
> alive. This is the clear message which Esperanto-speakers from the
> whole world want to send to everyone worldwide, on 21st February.
>
> Get to know the international language, Esperanto at
> http://www.esperanto.net <http://www.esperanto.net/>.
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