Annual Themes
The observances of International Year of Languages tend to have a theme, indicated either in the formal program set for observance at UNESCO headquarters, or more explicitly in the publicity.
- 2000, Inaugural celebration of International Mother Language Day
- 2001, Second annual celebration
- 2002, Linguistic Diversity: 3,000 Languages in Danger (slogan: In the galaxy of languages, every word is a star)
- 2003, Fourth annual celebration
- 2004, Children learning (the observance at UNESCO included "a unique exhibition of children’s exercise books from around the world illustrating the process by which children learn and master the use of written literacy skills in the classroom")
- 2005, Braille and Sign languages
- 2006, Languages and Cyberspace
- 2007, Multilingual education
- 2008, International Year of Languages
- 2009, tenth annual celebration
- 2010, International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures
- 2011, The information and communication technologies
- 2012, Mother tongue instruction and inclusive education
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