print email comment close 2008, International Year of Languages URL: http://portal.unesco.org/culture/admin/ev.php?URL_ID=35344&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201 Description: Website for this 2008 United Nations program "to promote and protect all languages, particularly endangered languages, in all individual and collective contexts." The site provides a list of programs arranged by theme (such as the endangered languages of Hawrami Kurdish and Bakthiari from Iran and intercultural dialog) or by geographical outreach. Also includes articles from a UNESCO publication and related material.  From the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Publisher: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Extra Keywords international mother language day february 21 LII Database Information: Record 25513 created by Maria Brandt on 02/19/2008 Last modification on 02/19/2008 Published: 02/27/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25513