{"id":18784,"date":"2026-02-21T07:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T07:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=18784"},"modified":"2026-02-21T07:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T07:48:16","slug":"february-21-observed-as-international-mother-language-day-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/02\/21\/february-21-observed-as-international-mother-language-day-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"February 21 observed as International Mother Language Day worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: February 21 is observed annually as International Mother Language Day, aimed at raising awareness about linguistic and cultural diversity and promoting the preservation and development of languages worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day was first proclaimed in 1999 by UNESCO and was later formally recognized in 2002 by the United Nations General Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Located at the heart of Asia, Afghanistan is considered one of the linguistically diverse countries, with a wide range of national and local languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past four years, the Islamic Emirate has established a High Council of Languages within the framework of the Ministry of Information and Culture to promote linguistic values and further enrich national and local languages across the country. The council regularly held meetings to discuss language-related issues and review developments in this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International Mother Language Day is part of broader global efforts to protect, promote, and preserve linguistic diversity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: February 21 is observed annually as International Mother Language Day, aimed at raising awareness about linguistic and cultural diversity and promoting the preservation and development of languages worldwide. The day was first proclaimed in 1999 by UNESCO and was later formally recognized in 2002 by the United Nations General Assembly. Located at the heart [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18784"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18786,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18784\/revisions\/18786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}