National Holidays Around the World: August
August might not seem like a busy holiday time, but several countries will be celebrating national holidays this month. Learn a little something new about these countries and their languages. It’s always humbling for me to discover languages I’ve never even heard of before. Hokkein? Quechua? Kyrgyz? In fact, I’ll just go ahead and admit that I hadn’t heard of the country of Kyrgyzstan. At least I correctly guessed that it was a former Soviet Republic. Check out its photo to the left. Pretty, huh? Just goes to prove that there’s always something new to learn. Learn along with your kids.
August 1: Benin (French official)
August 1: Switzerland (German, French, Italian all official)
August 2: Macedonia (Macedonian, Albanian both official)
August 5: Jamaica (English, Jamaican Creole)
August 6: Bolivia (Spanish, Quechua, Aymara all official)
August 7: Cote d’Ivoire (French official)
August 9: Singapore (Mandarin, English, Malay, Hokkien, Cantonese)
August 10: Ecuador (Spanish official)
August 11: Chad (French, Arabic both official)
August 15: Republic of Congo (French official)
August 15: Korea (Korean)
August 15: Liechtenstein (German official)
August 17: Gabon (French official)
August 17: Indonesia (Bahasa Indonesia official)
August 20: Hungary (Magyar/Hungarian)
August 24: Ukraine (Ukranian, Russian)
August 25: Uruguay (Spanish, Portunol, Brazilero)
August 29: Slovakia (Slovak official)
August 31: Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz, Russian both official)
August 31: Malaysia (Bahasa Melayu/Malay official)
August 31: Trinidad and Tobago (English official)
Sources: U.S. Department of State website and infoplease.com.
Photo Credit: by Ptilou at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:42_kg_chui_alaarcha_glacier3.jpg
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