Language academy - Definition and Overview

This is a list of bodies that regulate languages.

• Arabic: Academy of the Arabic Language (Egypt)
• Basque: Euskaltzaindia, Euskerazaintza (for dialects)
• Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans
• Czech: Ústav pro jazyk český (Czech Language Institute)
• Danish: Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Board)
• Dutch: Nederlandse taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
• Esperanto: Akademio de Esperanto
• Finnish: Kielitoimisto (Language Planning Department of the Research Institute for the Languages of Finland)
• French: Académie française (French Academy)
  • Quebec French: Office québécois de la langue française (Quebec Council of French Language)
• Hebrew: Academy of the Hebrew Language (האקדמיה ללשון העברית)
• Hungarian: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete (Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
• Indonesian: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa
• Irish: Foras na Gaeilge
• Malay: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
• Maori: Maori Language Commission
• Mandarin (Republic of China): Mandarin Promotion Council (國語推行委員會)
• Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk) (offical languagues): Norsk språkråd (Norwegian Language Council)
• Norwegian (Riksmål) (not to be confused with the official Bokmål): Norsk Akademi for Sprog og Litteratur (Norwegian Academy)
• Polish: Rada Języka Polskiego (Polish Language Council)
• Portuguese: International Portuguese Language Institute
• Romanian (Romania): Academia Română
• Romanian (Moldova): Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei
• Scottish Gaelic: Bòrd na Gàidhlig
• Slovene: Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Spanish:
  • Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy)
• Swedish: Swedish Academy (Swedish Academy)
  • Finland-Swedish: Svenska språkbyrån (Swedish Language Department of the Research Institute for the Languages of Finland)

See also

• Language policy
• Language revival