{"id":8149,"date":"2022-02-24T16:30:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T22:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/clacs\/?p=8149"},"modified":"2022-02-24T16:07:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T22:07:48","slug":"un-language-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/clacs\/un-language-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Language Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>The UN&#8217;s\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/mother-language-day\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/mother-language-day\">International Mother Language Day<\/a>\u00a0was celebrated on February 21st, with this year&#8217;s theme being &#8220;Using Technology for Multilingual Learning: Challenges and Opportunities.&#8221; This fits in well with the\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/idil2022-2032\" href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/idil2022-2032\">UNESCO International Decade of Indigenous Languages<\/a>, running 2022-2032. There are several resources the UN offers to support these celebrations, including:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/languages-atlas\/en\/atlasmap.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/languages-atlas\/en\/atlasmap.html\">UNESCO Atlas of the World&#8217;s Languages in Danger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"https:\/\/digitallibrary.io\/\" href=\"https:\/\/digitallibrary.io\/\">Global Digital Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"https:\/\/translateastory.org\/\" href=\"https:\/\/translateastory.org\/\">Translate A Story<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/communication-and-information\/access-to-knowledge\/linguistic-diversity-and-multilingualism-on-internet\/special-initiatives-and-events\/initiative-bbel\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/communication-and-information\/access-to-knowledge\/linguistic-diversity-and-multilingualism-on-internet\/special-initiatives-and-events\/initiative-bbel\/\">Initiative B@bel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"https:\/\/ich.unesco.org\/en\/ich-and-mother-languages-00555\" href=\"https:\/\/ich.unesco.org\/en\/ich-and-mother-languages-00555\">Living Heritage and Mother Languages Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"https:\/\/ich.unesco.org\/\" href=\"https:\/\/ich.unesco.org\/\">Intangible Heritage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>More resources can be found at the UN and UNESCO links above.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN&#8217;s\u00a0International Mother Language Day\u00a0was celebrated on February 21st, with this year&#8217;s theme being &#8220;Using Technology for Multilingual Learning: Challenges and Opportunities.&#8221; This fits in well with the\u00a0UNESCO International Decade of Indigenous Languages, running 2022-2032. 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