[HIGHLIGHTS] “This simply shouldn’t happen” – surprising concern from the Hessian home minister

“This simply shouldn’t happen’ – surprising concern from the Hessian home minister. A prize is intended to promote the local dialect.

Since 2000, February 21st has been “International Mother Language Day” – a day declared by UNESCO to “promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism” “There is a lot of unique Hessian dialect. Our state has a variety of different dialects. We have to preserve them by speaking them. Then dialect is and remains a living tradition,” emphasized Ingmar Jung.