There are just over three weeks to go until the European Day of Languages, celebrated every year on 26th September.
The Council of Europe, which organised the first European Day of Languages in 2001, says that:
"Throughout Europe, 800 million Europeans represented in the Council of Europe's 47 member states are encouraged to learn more languages, at any age, in and out of school. Being convinced that linguistic diversity is a tool for achieving greater intercultural understanding and a key element in the rich cultural heritage of our continent, the Council of Europe promotes multilingualism in the whole of Europe."
As always, Dawn Bowes (our senior account manager here at Language is Everything) will be 'out and about' talking to schoolchildren that week. Some of the questions she'll be answering are: which language does the word 'giraffe' come from? What does Hong Kong mean in Cantonese? And how do you say 'hello' in Hungarian? (We'll bring you the answers on this blog at the end of the month!)