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A call has been made on Ghanaian parents not to sacrifice their native languages in favour of other languages in the upbringing of their children and the younger generation.
At a ceremony to mark the 2021 International Mother Language Day, the Secretary-General of the Ghana Commission for UNESCO, Mrs Ama Serwah Nerquay-Tetteh, said while it was good to learn and speak other languages of the world, parents must remember that research had shown that proficiency in the native or mother tongue enables children to reason better and help them to “think on their feet”.
Mrs Nerquay-Tetteh was addressing an audience of parents, language facilitators and students of Ghanaian languages in Ghana and in the diaspora at an official function held online by the Nayram Language Centre (NLC) in Accra.
Updated Dec 18, 2020 | 10:08 IST
The day coincides with that of back in 1973 when Arabic was declared to be the sixth official language by UNESCO. World Arabic Language Day 2020 | Photo Credit: Representative Image
December 18 is celebrated as the World Arabic Language Day. The Arabic language is considered to be one of the oldest and the most widely spoken in the world. Right from the countries in the Middle East to many in North Africa, Arabic is the mother tongue.
History
World Arabic Language Day was established by UNESCO. It coincides with the day back in 1973 when the UN General Assembly decided to adopt Arabic as the sixth official language of the organization.