The European Day of Languages is 26 September, as proclaimed by the Council of Europe on 6 December 2001, at the end of the European Year of Languages (2001), which had been jointly organised by the Council of Europe and the European Union.
Dett hela proklamerades den 6 december 2001, vid slutet av Europeiska språkåret (2001), som organiserades gemensamt av Europarådet och EU.