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International Mother Language Day to be celebrated in Azerbaijan

20 February 2007 [07:55] - TODAY.AZ
International Mother Language Day announced by the UNESCO General Conference in 1999 will for the first time be celebrated in Azerbaijan on February 21.

UN Social Information Department, UNESCO and Baku Ataturk Center will hold a roundtable. The representatives of Education, Culture and Tourism Ministries and linguists will attend the event.

UN Office in Azerbaijan told the APA that 50% out of 6000 languages are about to disappear.

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