The importance of keeping mother language alive in diaspora

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Husen Duzen Credit: Supplied

On International Mother Language Day (February 21), experts reflect on the challenges of keeping languages alive in the diaspora especially when there is no official state for a nation such as the Kurds. How will the language remain 'alive' in such situation? Author and intellectual Husen Duzen explains the importance of keeping alive the Kurdish language and the significance of the International Mother Language Day event.



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