World Mother Language Day: which are most widely spoken? | Explained News,The Indian Express

World Mother Language Day: which are most widely spoken? | Explained News,The Indian Express

World Mother Language Day: which are most widely spoken?

By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: February 22, 2020 at 6:06 am

UNESCO declared International Mother Language Day in 1999, to commemorate a 1952 protest against West Pakistan’s imposition of Urdu as the official language of East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh).