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International Day of the Native Language was established by the decision of the 30th session of the UNESCO General Conference in November 1999 and was celebrated annually on February 21, starting since 2000. The date of the holiday was chosen as a sign of the events of the events of February 21, 1952, when in Dacke, the capital of Bangladesh, students – participants of the demonstration in defense of their native language Bengali, which they demanded to recognize one of the state languages ​​of the country, died. Each nation is a unique culture, history, traditions, lifestyle. And, of course, the language. It is created and improved for many centuries and is a repository of a thousand -year experience of the people. He is an instrument of communication, reflection and perception, describes our vision of the world and reflects the connection between the past, present and future. The more languages ​​a person knows, the more opportunities he has to realize his abilities.

The national Belarusian language allows you to preserve and save for descendants those cultural values ​​that are accumulated by our predecessors, to feel their national identity and self -awareness. Today, the Belarusian language is the most important attribute of our statehood, allowing our country to enter the world community with a national distinctive person.