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International English Language Day, celebrated on April 23, part of the initiative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), took the initiative of establishing language days for all six official languages. Along with English, there is Arabic Language Day, Chinese Language Day, French Language Day, Russian Language Day, and Spanish Language Day. April 23 was chosen for English Language Day as it is the birthday and death date of William Shakespeare. The day aims to promote multilingualism and create awareness about the culture, history, and accomplishments of the language. The English language is the most widely used to communicate in today’s world, especially for international relations. With more than 980 million speakers across the world, English happens to be the most popularly spoken language in the world. Today, every one in four people in the world uses English. English is being used more and more as a way for two speakers with different first languages to communicate with each other. At the United Nations, English is one of the two working languages, along with French.
Mamagul Yazlyyeva
1st year student of International Law faculty of
the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.
