2020European Day of Languages - First Day Cover

European Day of Languages is celebrated on 26 September with the aim of valuing and promoting all languages and cultures and preserving the rich heritage of European languages, as well as motivating people for life-long learning of more languages. In order to celebrate European linguistic diversity, it was first marked in 2001 at the initiative of the Council of Europe and the European Union. There are about 7 billion people living on Earth who speak between 6,000 and 7,000 different languages. Of these, only 3% are indigenous European languages (around 225).