Initiative on to save indigenous languages (fwd link)

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Initiative on to save indigenous languages
*Mahbubur Rahman Khan*

The International Mother Language Institution has begun a survey on
languages of indigenous communities to revitalise and preserve them through
documentation.
It is expected to complete surveying at least four to five languages by the
next International Mother Language Day that is observed every year
worldwide on February 21 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and
multilingualism.
Every mother tongue or dialect has its beauty and rhythm. People ignore
their mother tongue giving importance to popular languages, which often
leads to extinction of their own languages, Director General of the
institution Jinnat Imtiaz Ali said.
"Dialects are like mother and should not be disregarded. It will be a great
loss if dialects and mother tongues die out," he added.

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