| Languages |
Regulators |
| Afrikaans |
Die
Taalkommissie, South Africa |
| Albanian |
Academy of Sciences of
Albania, Tirana, Albania |
| Arabic |
Academy of the Arabic
Language (مجمع اللغة العربية, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Iraq) |
| Aragonese |
Academia de l'Aragonés [1], Aragon, Spain |
| Armenian |
Armenian
Academy of Sciences |
| Asturian |
Academia de la Llingua Asturiana |
| Bangla /
Bengali |
Bangla
Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
or Paschimbanga Bangla Academy, Kolkata, West Bengal
|
| Basque |
Euskaltzaindia-Royal Academy of the Basque
language |
| Belarusian |
Iнстытут мовы i лiтаратуры
iмя Я. Коласа і Я. Купалы Нацыянальнай Акадэміі навук Беларусі — J. Kolas and J. Kupala
Institute of Language and Literature at the National Academy of
Sciences of Belarus |
| Bulgarian |
Institute for Bulgarian
Language [2] at the Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences |
| Burmese |
Myanmar
Language Commission |
| Catalan |
Institut d'Estudis Catalans
and Acadèmia Valenciana de la
Llengua (for the valencian standard) |
| Cebuano |
Visayan Academy of Arts
and Letters, Philippines |
| Mandarin
Chinese |
State Language and Letters Committee of the PRC (国家语言文字工作委员会);
Standard
Mandarin is also regulated by the Mandarin
Promotion Council (國語推行委員會) of the Republic of China |
| Cornish |
Cornish Language
Partnership (Keskowethyans an Taves Kernewek) |
| Croatian |
Vijeće za normu hrvatskoga standardnog jezika (Council for
Standard Croatian Language Norm)
attached to the Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje
[3] (Institute of
Croatian Language and Linguistics)
|
| Czech |
Czech Language Institute
(Ústav pro jazyk český) |
| Danish |
Dansk
Sprognævn (Danish Language Board) |
| Dalecarlian |
Ulum Dalska |
| Dari |
Academy of Sciences of
Afghanistan |
| Dutch |
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union) |
| Dzongkha |
(Dzongkha Development Commission) |
| Estonian |
Language Board at the Mother Tongue Society [4] (Emakeele Seltsi
keeletoimkond) sets rules and standards, authoritative advice is
given by the Institute of the
Estonian Language [5] |
| Faroese |
Faroese Language Board (Føroyska
málnevndin) |
| Filipino |
Komisyon sa Wikang
Filipino [6] |
| Finnish |
Kielitoimisto (Language Planning Department of the Research
Institute for the Languages of Finland) |
| French |
Académie française (French Academy),
Office québécois de
la langue française (Quebec Office of the French Language) |
| Friulian |
Agjenzie Regjonâl pe Lenghe Furlane (Regional Agency for the
Friulian Language) [7] |
| Galician |
Real Academia Galega (Royal
Galician Academy, official) |
| German |
Rat für deutsche
Rechtschreibung [8] (Council for
German Orthogaphy) |
| Hebrew |
Academy
of the Hebrew Language (האקדמיה ללשון העברית) |
| Hindi |
Central Hindi Directorate
(regulates use of Devanagari script and Hindi spelling in India.[1]) |
| Hungarian |
Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi
Intézete (Research Institute for Linguistics at the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences) |
| Icelandic |
Árni
Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies |
| Igbo |
Society for
Promoting Igbo Language and Culture |
| Indonesian |
Pusat Bahasa
(Language Center) |
| Irish |
Foras na
Gaeilge |
| Italian |
Accademia della Crusca |
| Japanese |
No official centralized regulation, but de facto regulations by Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the
Ministry of Education of Japan (文部科学省) |
| Kannada |
Various academies and Government of Karnataka |
| Kashubian |
Radzëzna Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka (Commission of the Kashubian
Language) [9] |
| Korean |
The National
Institute of the Korean Language [10] (국립국어원) |
| Latin |
Opus Fundatum
Latinitas (Latin in the Roman Catholic Church)
International
Code of Botanical Nomenclature (of the International
Association for Plant Taxonomy: botanical Latin)
International
Code of Zoological Nomenclature (of the International
Commission on Zoological Nomenclature: zoological Latin) |
| Latvian |
Latvian State Language
Center (Valsts Valodas Centrs) |
| Lithuanian |
Commission of the
Lithuanian Language (Valstybinė lietuvių kalbos komisija) |
| Lusoga |
Lusoga Language Authority,
(LULA) (Uganda) |
| Macedonian |
Macedonian
Language Institute "Krste Misirkov", |
| Malay |
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (The
Institute of Language and Literature) |
| Maltese |
Akkademja tal-Malti |
| Manx |
Coonseil ny Gaelgey |
| Maori |
Maori
Language Commission |
| Mixtec |
Ve'e Tu'un Sávi (Academy
of the Mixtec Language) |
| Mongolian (Mongolia) |
Council of the official state language (Төрийн хэлний зөвлөл).
Decisions have to be confirmed by the Mongolian government. [11] |
| Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk) |
Norwegian Language
Council |
| Occitan |
Conselh de la Lenga
Occitana (Occitan Language Council) |
| Pashto |
Academy of Sciences of
Afghanistan |
| Persian |
Academy of
Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و ادب
فارسی) |
| Polish |
Rada Języka
Polskiego (Polish Language Council) |
| Portuguese (Brazil) |
Academia Brasileira de
Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy) |
| Portuguese (Portugal) |
Academia
das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras |
| Romanian
(Romania) |
Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for
Linguistics of the Romanian Academy) |
| Romanian
(Moldova) |
Academia de Ştiinţe a
Moldovei |
| Russian |
Russian
Academy (1783-1841); Russian Language Institute
of the Russian Academy of Sciences
(since 1944) |
| Scots |
Scotland: Scots Tung,
promotes Lowland
Scots.
Ireland: the Ulster-Scots Agency, a cross-border
agency, promotes Ulster
Scots.
|
| Scottish
Gaelic |
Bòrd na Gàidhlig maintains the
national plan for Gaelic, to promote its use and make Gaelic
culture accessible |
| Serbian |
Matica Srpska, Board for
Standardization of the Serbian Language, Serbian Academy of
Sciences and Arts |
| Sindhi |
Sindhi Language Authority[12] |
| Slovak |
Slovak Academy of Sciences
(Slovenská akadémia vied) |
| Slovene |
Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts |
| Sorbian |
Serbski institut - website |
| Spanish |
Asociación de
Academias de la Lengua Española (constituted by the Real Academia Española plus 21
other separate national academies in the Spanish speaking
world) |
| Swahili |
Baraza la Kiswahili la
Taifa |
| Swedish |
Swedish Language Council
(semi-official) |
| Swedish (Finland) |
Svenska
språkbyrån (Swedish Language Department of the Research
Institute for the Languages of Finland) |
| Tamil |
Thanjavur Tamil University and Official language Commission of
Government of Tamil Nadu |
| Telugu |
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra
Pradesh |
| Tetum |
National Institute of Linguistics at the National University of
East Timor |
| Thai |
The
Royal Institute (Thailand) (ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน) |
| Turkish |
Turkish Language
Association |
| Ukrainian |
National Academy of
Sciences of Ukraine |
| Urdu |
National Language
Authority, Pakistan |
| Võro |
Võro
Institute |
| Waray |
Sanghiran San Binisaya ha Samar ug Leyte (Academy for
Samar-Leyte Visayan) [13]
defunct |
| Welsh |
Welsh Language Board (Bwrdd yr
Iaith Gymraeg) [14] |
| West Frisian |
Fryske
Akademy (Frisian Academy) |
| Wolof |
Centre de
linguistique appliquée de Dakar (Center of Applied Linguistics
of Dakar at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal) |
| Yiddish |
YIVO [15] |
| Yoruba |
The
Yoruba Academy |
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