| 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 |
| Armenian |
Armenian Academy of Sciences |
| Asturian |
Academia de la Llingua Asturiana |
| Bangla / Bengali |
Bangla Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
or Paschimbanga Bangla Academy, Kolkata, West Bengal
|
| Basque |
Euskaltzaindia |
| Belarusian |
Iнстытут мовы i лiтаратуры iмя Я. Коласа і Я. Купалы Нацыянальнай Акадэміі навук Беларусі — J. Kolas and J. Kupala Institute of Language and Literature at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus |
| 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) |
| Dzongkha |
(Dzongkha Development Commission) |
| English |
No regulator. |
| 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 |
Faroese Language Board (Føroyska málnevndin) |
| 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), Conseil pour le développement du Français en Louisiane (Council for the Development of French in Louisiana) |
| Frisian |
Fryske Akademy (Frisian Academy) |
| Galician |
Real Academia Gallega (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 |
Commission of the Lithuanian Language (Valstybinė lietuvių kalbos komisija) |
| 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) |
| Mongolian (Mongolia) |
Council of the official state language (Төрийн хэлний зөвлөл). Decisions have to be confirmed by the Mongolian government. [10] |
| 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 (Brazilian Academy of Letters) |
| 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 [11] 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.
|
| 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[12] |
| 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) |
| Tamil |
Various academics and Government of Tamilnadu, Tamil_University and Tamil_Open_University |
| Telugu |
Telugu Academy and Official Language Comission of Government of Andhra Pradesh |
| 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) [13] defunct |
| Welsh |
Welsh Language Board (Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg) [14] |
| 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 [15] |
| Yoruba |
The Yoruba Academy |
