CAMEROON-MOTHER TONGUE-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

CAMEROON-MOTHER TONGUE-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

(220220) -- FOUMBAN, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A teacher gives students a lesson on their mother tongue at a school in Foumban, Cameroon, Feb. 16, 2022. In Cameroon, French and English are official languages. Nonetheless, the use of some indigenous languages is being generalized in local schools.February 21 marks the International Mother Language Day. (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

CAMEROON-MOTHER TONGUE-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

CAMEROON-MOTHER TONGUE-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

(220220) -- FOUMBAN, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Students learn the "Shu-mom", an indigenous writing system, at the Foumban Classical High School, Cameroon, Feb. 16, 2022. In Cameroon, French and English are official languages. Nonetheless, the use of some indigenous languages is being generalized in local schools.February 21 marks the International Mother Language Day. (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

CAMEROON-MOTHER TONGUE-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

CAMEROON-MOTHER TONGUE-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

(220220) -- FOUMBAN, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A student shows on her handboard words written in her mother tongue Ewondo at a school in Yaounde, Cameroon, Feb. 14, 2022. In Cameroon, French and English are official languages. Nonetheless, the use of some indigenous languages is being generalized in local schools.February 21 marks the International Mother Language Day. (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

CAMEROON-MOTHER TONGUE-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

CAMEROON-MOTHER TONGUE-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

(220220) -- YAOUNDE, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A teacher gives students a lesson on their mother tongue Ewondo at a school in Yaounde, Cameroon, Feb. 14, 2022. In Cameroon, French and English are official languages. Nonetheless, the use of some indigenous languages is being generalized in local schools.February 21 marks the International Mother Language Day. (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

CAMEROON-MOTHER TONGUE-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

CAMEROON-MOTHER TONGUE-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

(220220) -- YAOUNDE, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Students learn to write in their mother tongue Ewondo at school in Yaounde, Cameroon, Feb. 14, 2022. In Cameroon, French and English are official languages. Nonetheless, the use of some indigenous languages is being generalized in local schools.February 21 marks the International Mother Language Day. (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

CAMEROON-MOTHER TONGUE-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

CAMEROON-MOTHER TONGUE-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

(220220) -- YAOUNDE, Feb. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Students learn to write in their mother tongue Ewondo at school in Yaounde, Cameroon, Feb. 14, 2022. In Cameroon, French and English are official languages. Nonetheless, the use of some indigenous languages is being generalized in local schools.February 21 marks the International Mother Language Day. (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)