Academia Colombiana de la Lengua

Academia Colombiana de la Lengua

Headquarters
Motto La lengua es la patria
Formation 10 May 1871 (1871-05-10)[1]
Type NGO
Headquarters Carrera 3, 17–34
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Official language
Colombian Spanish
Director
 Jaime Posada Díaz
Parent organization
 Real Academia Española
Affiliations Association of Spanish Language Academies
Website academiacolombianadelalengua.co

The Academia Colombiana de la Lengua (Spanish for Colombian Academy of Language) is an association of academics and experts on the use of the Spanish language in Colombia. It is a member of the Association of Spanish Language Academies, being the oldest member from the Americas and the second oldest of the Spanish Academies.

Founded in 1871 by a group of writer and philology specialists, including Manuel María Mallarino and Rufino José Cuervo, the father of Hispanic-American philology, and Miguel Antonio Caro, the Academia Colombiana de la Lengua is the first official Spanish language Academy to be founded outside Spain. It is based in Bogotá. Since 1960 it officially counsels the Colombian government in language affairs and has obtained the passing of several regulations and laws favouring the Spanish language in the nation. Also in 1960 it hosted the third Congress of the Academies, in which the Bogotá Agreement was presented and signed.

References

  1. ↑ "History of the Academy of Language" (in Spanish). http://www.academiacolombianadelalengua.co/. Retrieved 19 March 2015. External link in |publisher= (help)


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