Languages |
Regulators |
Afrikaans |
Die Taalkommissie, South Africa |
Arabic |
Academy of the Arabic Language (مجمع اللغة العربية, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Iraq) |
Aragonese |
Academia de l'Aragonés [1], Aragon, Spain |
Asturian |
Academia de la Llingua Asturiana |
Bangla / Bengali |
Bangla Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
or Paschimbanga Bangla Academy, Kolkata, West Bengal
|
Basque |
Euskaltzaindia |
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) |
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 |
Agan Tavas - Our Language (Unified Cornish and Unified Cornish Revised);
Cussel an Tavas Kernuak - Cornish Language Council (Revived Late Cornish); Kesva an Taves Kernewek - Cornish Language Board (Kernewek Kemmyn)
|
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 |
Dutch |
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union) |
English |
None official |
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 |
Føroyska málnevndin (Faroese Language Board) |
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) |
Galician |
Real Academia Galega (Royal Galician Academy, official) |
German |
Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung [7] (Council for German Spelling) |
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 |
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) [8] |
Korean |
The National Institute of the Korean Language [9] (국립국어원) |
Latin |
Opus Fundatum Latinitas |
Latvian |
Latvian State Language Center (Valsts Valodas Centrs) |
Lithuanian |
Valstybinė lietuvių kalbos komisija (State Commission of the Lithuanian Language) |
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 |
Maori |
Maori Language Commission |
Mixtec |
Ve'e Tu'un Sávi (Academy of the Mixtec Language) |
Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk) |
Norwegian Language Council |
Occitan |
Conselh de la Lenga Occitana (Occitan Language Council) |
Persian |
Academy of Persian Language and Literature, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan |
Polish |
Rada Języka Polskiego (Polish Language Council) |
Portuguese (Brazil) |
Academia Brasileira de Letras |
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 Language Institute [10] at the Russian Academy of Sciences |
Scots |
Scotland: Scots Tung, promotes Lowland Scots.
Ireland: the Ulster-Scots Agency, a cross-border agency, promotes Ulster Scots.
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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[11] |
Slovak |
Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovenská akadémia vied) |
Slovene |
Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts |
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) |
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) [12] defunct |
Welsh |
Welsh Language Board (Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg) [13] |
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 [14] |
Yoruba |
The Yoruba Academy |