| 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 (External Link ), Aragon, Spain |
| Asturian |
Academia de la Llingua Asturiana |
| Bangla / Bengali |
Bangla Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
or Paschimbanga Bangla Academy, Kolkata, West Bengal
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| Basque |
Euskaltzaindia |
| Bulgarian |
Institute for Bulgarian Language (External Link) 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)
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| Croatian |
Vijeće za normu hrvatskoga standardnog jezika (Council for Standard Croatian Language Norm)attached to the Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje (External Link) (Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics)
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| 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 (External Link) (Emakeele Seltsi keeletoimkond) sets rules and standards, authoritative advice is given by the Institute of the Estonian Language (External Link) |
| Faroese |
Føroyska málnevndin (Faroese Language Board) |
| Filipino |
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (External Link) |
| 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 (External Link) (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.) |
| 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) (External Link) |
| Korean |
The National Institute of the Korean Language (External Link) (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 (External Link) 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(External Link) |
| 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) (External Link) defunct |
| Welsh |
Welsh Language Board (Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg) (External Link) |
| 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 (External Link) |
| Yoruba |
The Yoruba Academy |
