Natural Languages
| Language | Territory | Regulator(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | South Africa | Die Taalkommissie |
| Akan | Ghana | Akan Orthography Committee (AOC) |
| Albanian | Albania | Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana |
| Arabic | Algeria Syria Egypt Jordan Morocco Iraq Tunisia Sudan Israel Somalia |
Academy of the Arabic Language (مجمع اللغة العربية) Algeria, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Iraq, Tunisia, Sudan, Israel |
| Aragonese | Aragon | Academia de l'Aragonés, Aragon, Spain |
| Armenian | Armenia | Armenian National Academy of Sciences |
| Asturian | Asturias | Academy of the Asturian Language (Academia de la Llingua Asturiana) |
| Azerbaijani | Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences |
| Bengali / Bangla | Bangladesh | Bangla Academy, Dhaka |
| West Bengal | Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, Kolkata, West Bengal | |
| Basque | Basque Country | Euskaltzaindia, often translated as Royal Academy of the Basque language |
| Belarusian | Belarus | The Jakub Kolas and Janka Kupala Institute of Language and Literature at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus |
| Berber or Tamazight | Morocco | IRCAM |
| Algeria | HCA | |
| Bulgarian | Bulgaria | Institute for Bulgarian Language at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
| Burmese | Myanmar | Myanmar Language Commission |
| Catalan | Catalonia | Institute of Catalan Studies (Institut d'Estudis Catalans) |
| Valencian Community | Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua (for the Valencian standard) | |
| Cebuano | Philippines | Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters |
| Mandarin Chinese | People's Republic of China | State Language and Letters Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) |
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | National Languages Committee (國語推行委員會) | |
| Singapore | Promote Mandarin Council (讲华语运动理事会) | |
| Malaysia | Chinese Language Standardisation Council of Malaysia (马来西亚华语规范理事会) | |
| Cornish | Cornwall | Cornish Language Partnership (Keskowethyans an Taves Kernewek) |
| Croatian | Croatia | Council for Standard Croatian Language Norm (Vijeće za normu hrvatskoga standardnog jezika) attached to the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics (Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje) |
| Czech | Czech Republic | Czech Language Institute (Ústav pro jazyk český Akademie věd České republiky) |
| Danish | Denmark | Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Council) |
| Dalecarlian | Dalarna County | Ulum Dalska |
| Dari | Afghanistan | Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan |
| Divehi | Maldives | Dhivehi Academy |
| Dutch | Netherlands Belgium Suriname |
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union) |
| Dzongkha | Bhutan | Dzongkha Development Commission |
| Estonian | Estonia | Emakeele Seltsi keeletoimkond (Language Board at the Mother Tongue Society) sets rules and standards, authoritative advice is given by the Institute of the Estonian Language (Eesti Keele Instituut) |
| Faroese | Faroe Islands | Faroese Language Board (Føroyska málnevndin) |
| Filipino | Philippines | Commission on the Filipino Language |
| Finnish | Finland | Research Institute for the Languages of Finland |
| French | France | Académie française (French Academy) |
| Quebec | Office québécois de la langue française (Quebec Office of the French Language) | |
| Friulian | Friuli–Venezia Giulia | Regional Agency for the Friulian Language (Agjenzie Regjonâl pe Lenghe Furlane) |
| Galician | Galicia | Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega, official) |
| German | Germany Austria Switzerland South Tyrol Belgium Liechtenstein |
Council for German Orthography (Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung) |
| Greenland | Greenland | The Greenland Language Secretariat (Oqaasileriffik) |
| Greek | Greece Cyprus |
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας) |
| Haitian Creole | Haiti | Ministère de l'éducation nationale et de la formation professionnelle (Haitian department of education) |
| Hebrew | Israel | The Academy of the Hebrew Language (האקדמיה ללשון העברית) |
| Hindi | India | Central Hindi Directorate (regulates use of Devanagari script and Hindi spelling in India) |
| Hmar | India | Hmar Literature Society (Manipur, India) |
| Hungarian | Hungary | Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete) |
| Icelandic | Iceland | Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies |
| Igbo | Nigeria | Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture |
| Indonesian | Indonesia | Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa |
| Irish | Ireland Northern Ireland |
Foras na Gaeilge |
| Italian | Italy | Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran) |
| Japanese | Japan | 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 | Karnataka | Various academies and Government of Karnataka |
| Kashubian | Poland | Commission of the Kashubian Language (Radzëzna Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka) |
| Kazakh | Kazakhstan | Ministry of Culture of Kazakhstan |
| Korean | South Korea | The National Institute of the Korean Language (국립국어원) |
| Kven | Norway | Kainun institutti – kvensk institutt |
| Ladino | Israel | Autoridad Nasionala del Ladino (National Authority of Ladino) |
| Latin | Holy See | Pontifical Academy for Latin (Pontificia Academia Latinitatis) (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 | Latvia | Latvian State Language Center (Valsts Valodas Centrs) |
| Lithuanian | Lithuania | Commission of the Lithuanian Language (Valstybinė lietuvių kalbos komisija) |
| Lusoga | Uganda | Lusoga Language Authority (LULA) |
| Macedonian | Macedonia | Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov" (Институт за македонски јазик „Крсте Мисирков“, Institut za makedonski jazik „Krste Misirkov“) |
| Malay | Malaysia Brunei |
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (The Institute of Language and Literature) |
| Malayalam | Kerala | Kerala Sahitya Akademi (കേരള സാഹിത്യ പരിശീലന സ്ഥാപനം) and Government of Kerala |
| Maltese | Malta | National Council for the Maltese Language (www.kunsilltalmalti.gov.mt) |
| Manx | Isle of Man | Coonceil ny Gaelgey |
| Māori | New Zealand | Māori Language Commission |
| Mirandese | Portugal | Anstituto de la Lhéngua Mirandesa (Institute of the Mirandese Language) |
| Mixtec | Mexico | Academy of the Mixtec Language (Ve'e Tu'un Sávi) |
| Mongolian | Mongolia | Council of the official state language (Төрийн хэлний зөвлөл). Decisions have to be confirmed by the Mongolian government. |
| Nepali | Nepal | Language Academy of Nepal |
| Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk) | Norway | Norwegian Language Council |
| Occitan | France Spain Monaco Italy |
Associacion de Prefiguracion de l'Entitat de Regulacion de la Lenga Occitana. |
| Pashto | Afghanistan Pakistan |
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan Pashto Academy |
| Persian | Iran Tajikistan Afghanistan Uzbekistan |
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و ادب فارسی) |
| Polish | Poland | Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego) |
| Portuguese | Brazil | Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy) |
| Portugal | Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras | |
| Quechua | Peru | High Academy of the Quechua Language (Qheswa simi hamut'ana kuraq suntur) |
| Romanian | Romania | Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Linguistics of the Romanian Academy) |
| Moldova | Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei | |
| Russian | Russian Empire | Russian Academy (1783–1841) |
| Russia | Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1944) | |
| Scots | Scotland | The Scots language Centre supports the Scots language. Scottish Language Dictionaries record and analyse the language as it is spoken and written throughout Scotland today. |
| Scottish Gaelic | Scotland | Bòrd na Gàidhlig maintains the national plan for Gaelic, to promote its use and make Gaelic culture accessible |
| Secwepemctsín | Canada | Stk’wemiple7s re Secwepemctsin, are the group of people supported by the Secwepemc Cultural Education Society who develop new words. |
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