Ling Holidays

It's always a good time to celebrate language and linguistic diversity!

Here are some specific days and ways to do it.

(Note: Some of the dates change slightly from year to year.)

10 September, German Language Day

23 September, National Language Day, Kyrgyzstan

23 September, International Day of Sign Languages

25 September, European Day of Languages

30 September, International Translation Day

5 October, Tajik Language Day, Tajikistan

9 October, Hangul Day, Korea

14-18 October (3rd week), Italian Language Week

17 October, International Pronouns Day

21 October, Day of Uzbek Language

22 October, World Stuttering Day

28 October, International Day of Creole Language and Culture

9 November, Day of Ukrainian Writing and Language

16 November, Icelandic Language Day

3 December, International Day of Basque/Euskara Language

7 December, Language Politics Day, Sweden

18 December, World Arabic Language Day

21 February, Language Movement Day, Bangladesh

21 February, International Mother Language Day

11-17 March, Croatian Language Week

13 March, Native Language Day, Estonia

13 March, National Language Day, Latvia

20 March, International French Language Day

9 April, Finnish Language Day

13 April, Auslan (Australian Sign Language) Day

15 April, National ASL Day

16 April, Erzya Language Day (Finno-Ugric)

20 April, Chinese Language Day

23 April, Spanish Language Day

23 April, English Language Day

5 May, Day of Portuguese Language and Culture

6 June, Russian Language Day