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Where are we? Wh--e ar--we? W____ a__ w__ W-e-e a-e w-? ------------- Where are we? 0
We are at school. W- a-- at--c--o-. W_ a__ a_ s______ W- a-e a- s-h-o-. ----------------- We are at school. 0
We are having class / a lesson. We a-e h-v-n- -las- - a--ess--. W_ a__ h_____ c____ / a l______ W- a-e h-v-n- c-a-s / a l-s-o-. ------------------------------- We are having class / a lesson. 0
Those are the school children. T--s- are--h--scho-l chi--ren. T____ a__ t__ s_____ c________ T-o-e a-e t-e s-h-o- c-i-d-e-. ------------------------------ Those are the school children. 0
That is the teacher. Tha- i- --e-tea-h--. T___ i_ t__ t_______ T-a- i- t-e t-a-h-r- -------------------- That is the teacher. 0
That is the class. Tha- i-------l--s. T___ i_ t__ c_____ T-a- i- t-e c-a-s- ------------------ That is the class. 0
What are we doing? What------e-do-n-? W___ a__ w_ d_____ W-a- a-e w- d-i-g- ------------------ What are we doing? 0
We are learning. We---e le-----g. W_ a__ l________ W- a-e l-a-n-n-. ---------------- We are learning. 0
We are learning a language. W- a-- -earn-ng - la-g-a--. W_ a__ l_______ a l________ W- a-e l-a-n-n- a l-n-u-g-. --------------------------- We are learning a language. 0
I learn English. I -ear- E-g----. I l____ E_______ I l-a-n E-g-i-h- ---------------- I learn English. 0
You learn Spanish. Y-u lea-- -pan--h. Y__ l____ S_______ Y-u l-a-n S-a-i-h- ------------------ You learn Spanish. 0
He learns German. He-le-rn--Ger---. H_ l_____ G______ H- l-a-n- G-r-a-. ----------------- He learns German. 0
We learn French. W----ar----e---. W_ l____ F______ W- l-a-n F-e-c-. ---------------- We learn French. 0
You all learn Italian. You a-- l-ar--I-alian. Y__ a__ l____ I_______ Y-u a-l l-a-n I-a-i-n- ---------------------- You all learn Italian. 0
They learn Russian. Th-y-l--r--R--si--. T___ l____ R_______ T-e- l-a-n R-s-i-n- ------------------- They learn Russian. 0
Learning languages is interesting. L--rnin--la--uages -s -n--r---ing. L_______ l________ i_ i___________ L-a-n-n- l-n-u-g-s i- i-t-r-s-i-g- ---------------------------------- Learning languages is interesting. 0
We want to understand people. W--wan--to-un---st--- p-o-le. W_ w___ t_ u_________ p______ W- w-n- t- u-d-r-t-n- p-o-l-. ----------------------------- We want to understand people. 0
We want to speak with people. We -an- to--peak wit---eop--. W_ w___ t_ s____ w___ p______ W- w-n- t- s-e-k w-t- p-o-l-. ----------------------------- We want to speak with people. 0

Mother Language Day

Do you love your native language? Then you should celebrate it in the future! And always on February 21! That is International Mother Language Day. It has been celebrated every year since 2000. UNESCO established the day. UNESCO is a United Nations (UN) organization. They are concerned with topics in science, education, and culture. UNESCO strives to protect the cultural heritage of humanity. Languages are a cultural heritage too. Therefore, they must be protected, cultivated, and promoted. Linguistic diversity is commemorated on February 21. It is estimated that there are 6,000 to 7,000 languages worldwide. Half of those, however, are threatened by extinction. Every two weeks, a language is lost forever. Yet each language is an enormous wealth of knowledge. The knowledge of a nation's people is gathered in languages. The history of a nation is reflected in its language. Experiences and traditions are also passed on through language. For this reason, the native language is an element of every national identity. When a language dies out, more than just words are lost. And all of this is meant to be commemorated on February 21. People should understand what meaning languages have. And they should reflect upon what they can do to protect languages. So show your language that it's important to you! Perhaps you could bake it a cake? And put nice fondant writing on it. In your ‘mother language’, of course!
Did you know?
Bosnian is a South Slavic language. It is primarily spoken in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Groups of speakers can also be found in Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, and Montenegro. Bosnian is the native language of approximately 2.5 million people. It is very similar to Croatian and Serbian. The vocabulary, orthography, and grammar of the 3 languages only differ slightly. A person who speaks Bosnian can also understand Serbian and Croatian very easily. Therefore, the status of the Bosnian language is discussed often. Some linguists doubt that Bosnian is a language at all. They claim that it is just a dialect of the Serbo-Croatian language. The many foreign influences in Bosnian are interesting. Earlier the region belonged to the Orient and to the Occident on a rotating basis. Because of this, there are many Arabic, Turkish, and Persian terms in the vocabulary. That is actually very rare in Slavic languages. It makes Bosnian very unique though.