Language Calendar

15 January – Hangul Day (North Korea)

21 February – International Mother Language Day

20 March – Journée internationale de la francophonie (France)

4 March – National Grammar Day (USA)

20 April – Chinese Language Day

22 April – Modern English Usage Day (Fowler)

23 April – English Language Day (UN)

6 June – Russian Language Day (Alexander Pushkin’s birthday)

2nd Saturday in September – Tag der deutschen Sprache (“German Language Day”)

19 September – International Talk Like a Pirate Day

24 September – National Punctuation Day (USA)

26 September – European Day of Languages (Council of Europe)

30 September – International Translation Day

9 October – Hangul Day (South Korea)

12 October – Dia de la Hispanidad (Spanish Language Day)

13 October – English Language Day (UK)

16 October – National Dictionary Day (USA) in honour of Noah Webster

22 October – Wereldstotterdag WSD, ISAD (International Stuttering Awareness Day)

22 October –INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY

30 October 2012 – Talk Like Jane Austen Day (In celebration of the 201st anniversary of the publishing of Sense and Sensibility)

18 December – Arabic Language Day