Every improvement starts with the language. We all know one of the Bible's stories, Tower of Babel, where Noah's descendants tried to build a giant tower that would reach to heaven. But God interrupted the project, however, by causing the builders to begin speaking different languages. From this, we can tell that the language shared by one community is very crucial for developing.
But nowadays, a lot of native languages around the world are slowly vanishing. And this alarms the attention of UNESCO. This is why this year’s theme, “Indigenous Language Matter For Sustainable Development, Peace Building, and Reconciliation.” is launched.
This year’s theme is very important since it tries to polish our mastery over our own language. Please take note that language is not only needed for communication, it is also part of our culture. The language that we are using to speak right now is what we inherited from our ancestors. And what our ancestors want for us to do is to also pass this language to our future children, our successors.
Through the use of literature, Dr. Jose Rizal fought with the Spaniards. And this time, we can use this language that we are using to make friends with lots of people, making peace with our past enemy, and for developing our community. We can also use the language to connects to other people just like how our skeleton connects our body. Everything is possible through the use of language. Just don't lose it or else you will regret.
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