Celebrating and Protecting Language

As Bangladesh prepares to celebrate Amar Ekushey - Langauge Movement Day - writer and publisher K Anis Ahmed considers the role the Bengali language has played in the country's history.

Ghanaian/Greek rapper Negros Tou Moria explains why it's important to him to rap in Greek, rather than the more obvious rap language of English.

Novelist Diego Marani remembers the dialect he spoke growing up in Italy, and reflects on the ways the language helps him express his true self.

The film Ten Years has been a runaway success in Hong Kong, despite receiving few reviews and little publicity. Melissa Lee explains how the film taps in to Hong Kongers' anxiety about the threat to local culture from mainland China.

(Photo: Preparations for Language Martyrs Day in Dhaka Credit: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)