September 5 is the Day of languages of the people of Kazakhstan
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In accordance with the Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 31, 2017 №689 "On approval of the list of holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan", September 5, ie the birthday of Ahmet Baitursynov was established as the Day of languages of the people of Kazakhstan.
There is a reason why the language holiday is celebrated on September 5.
This day is the birthday of Ahmet Baitursynov, the teacher of the nation, the lion of Alash, who fought for the fate and language of the Kazakh people, who left the motto: "Language is the most powerful factor in the preservation and loss of the nation." Now all Kazakhstanis will celebrate the Language Day on the birthday of the scientist who founded the Kazakh alphabet. Kazakh literary scholar, turkologist, publicist, teacher, translator, public figure Ahmet Baitursynov was born on September 5, 1872 in the village of Sarytubek, Zhangeldinsky district, present-day Kostanay region.
"... Ahmet Baitursynov was the only Kazakh in the tsarist era who endured insults, enslaved, slept and tore the national honor and mourned the loss of the nation," said Saken Seifullin. It will be a great pleasure for many Kazakhs.