| Language
|
Territory
|
Regulator(s)
|
Founded
|
| Amis
|
 Republic of China
|
Council of Indigenous Peoples
|
1996
|
| Afrikaans
|
 South Africa
 Namibia
|
Die Taalkommissie (The Language Commission)
|
1909
|
| Akan
|
 Ghana
|
Akan Orthography Committee (AOC)
|
|
| Albanian
|
 Albania
|
Academy of Sciences of Albania
|
1972
|
 Kosovo
|
Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo
|
1975
|
| Arabic
|
 Arab League
|
Academy of the Arabic Language (مجمع اللغة العربية)
|
|
 Algeria
|
Supreme Council of the Arabic language in Algeria (المجلس الأعلى للغة العربية بالجزائر)
|
1996
|
 Egypt
|
Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo (مجمع اللغة العربية بالقاهرة)
|
1932
|
 Iraq
|
Iraqi Academy of Sciences (المجمع العلمي العراقي)
|
1948
|
 Jordan
|
Jordan Academy of Arabic (مجمع اللغة العربية الأردني)
|
1924
|
 Libya
|
Academy of the Arabic Language in Jamahiriya
|
|
 Morocco
|
Academy of the Arabic Language in Morocco
|
1960
|
 Saudi Arabia
|
King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language (مجمع الملك سلمان العالمي للغة العربية)
|
|
 Somalia
|
Academy of the Arabic Language in Mogadishu
|
|
 Sudan
|
Academy of the Arabic Language in Khartum
|
|
 Syria
|
Academy of the Arabic Language in Damascus (مجمع اللغة العربية بدمشق)
|
1918
|
 Tunisia
|
Beit Al-Hikma Foundation (مؤسسة بيت الحكمة)
|
1992
|
 Israel
 Palestine
|
Academy of the Arabic Language in Israel (مجمع اللغة العربية)
|
2007
|
| Aragonese
|
 Aragon
|
Instituto de l'Aragonés (Previously: Academy of the Aragonese)
|
2013
|
| Armenian
|
 Armenia
|
Armenian National Academy of Sciences (Հայաստան)
|
1943
|
| Assamese
|
 India
|
Asam Sahitya Sabha (অসম সাহিত্য সভা)
|
1917
|
| Asturian
|
 Asturias
|
Academy of the Asturian Language (Academia de la Llingua Asturiana)
|
1980
|
| Azerbaijani
|
 Azerbaijan
 Iran
|
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (Azərbaycan Milli Elmlər Akademiyası)
|
1945
|
| Aymara
|
 Bolivia
|
Language and Culture Institute of the Aymara Nation (Instituto de Lengua y Cultura de la Nación Aymara - ILCNA)
|
2013
|
| Balochi
|
Iran
 Pakistan
 Afghanistan
 Oman
|
Balochi Academy Sarbaz (بلۏچی زبانءِ ربیدجاہ)
|
2017
|
| Basque
|
 Basque Country
 Navarre
 French Basque Country
|
Euskaltzaindia, often translated as Royal Academy of the Basque language
|
1918
|
| Belarusian
|
 Belarus
|
The Jakub Kolas and Janka Kupala Institute of Language and Literature at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
|
1929
|
| Bengali (Bangla)
|
 Bangladesh
|
Bangla Academy (বাংলা একাডেমি)
|
1955
|
| India
|
Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi (পশ্চিমবঙ্গ বাংলা আকাদেমি)
|
1986
|
| Berber
|
Morocco
|
Royal Institute of Amazight Culture
|
2001
|
| Algeria
|
Haut-Conseil à l'amazighité (High Commission for Amazighity)
|
1995
|
| Algerian Academy of Amazigh Language
|
2017
|
| Bhojpuri
|
India
|
Bhojpuri Academy, Bihar
|
|
| Maithili - Bhojpuri Academy, Delhi
|
|
| Bhojpuri Sahitya Academy, Madhya Pradesh
|
|
| Central Bikol
|
 Philippines
|
Academia Bicolana defunct
|
|
| Bosnian
|
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Sandžak
|
University of Sarajevo
|
|
| Breton
|
 Brittany
|
Public Office for the Breton Language (Ofis Publik ar Brezhoneg)
|
2010
|
| Bulgarian
|
 Bulgaria
|
Institute for Bulgarian Language at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
|
1942
|
| Burmese
|
 Myanmar
|
Myanmar Language Commission ( မြန်မာစာအဖွဲ့)
|
1963
|
| Catalan
|
 Catalonia
|
Institute for Catalan Studies (Institut d'Estudis Catalans)
|
1907
|
 Valencian Community
|
Valencian Language Academy (Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua)
|
2001
|
| Cebuano
|
Philippines
|
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters (Akademyang Bisaya)
|
|
| Cherokee
|
 Cherokee Nation
|
Council of the Cherokee Nation (ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ)
|
|
| Standard Chinese
|
 China
|
State Language Work Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会)
|
1986
|
| Republic of China
|
Ministry of Education (教育部)
|
|
 Singapore
|
Promote Mandarin Council (讲华语运动理事会)
|
1979
|
 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)
|
2005
|
| Croatian
|
 Croatia
|
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics (Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje)
|
1948
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
| Czech
|
 Czech Republic
|
Institute of the Czech Language (of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) (Ústav pro jazyk český (Akademie věd České republiky))
|
1946
|
| Danish
|
 Denmark
|
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Council)
|
1955
|
| Dalecarlian
|
 Dalarna County
|
Ulum Dalska
|
1984
|
| Divehi
|
 Maldives
|
Dhivehi Academy (ދިވެހި އެކެޑަމީ)
|
2011
|
| Dutch
|
 Netherlands
 Belgium
 Suriname
|
Dutch Language Union (Nederlandse Taalunie)
|
1980
|
| Dzongkha
|
 Bhutan
|
Dzongkha Development Commission (རྫོང་ཁ་གོང་འཕེལ་ལྷན་ཚོགས)
|
1968
|
| English
|
None
|
None official, but the Oxford English Dictionary is the principal historical dictionary of the English language.
|
|
| 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)
|
1993
|
| Faroese
|
 Faroe Islands
|
Faroese Language Board (Málráðið)
|
1985
|
| Filipino
|
Philippines
|
Commission on the Filipino Language (Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino)
|
1937
|
| Finnish
|
 Finland
|
Institute for the Languages of Finland (Kotimaisten kielten keskus)
|
1976
|
| French
|
France
|
French Academy (Académie Française)
|
1635
|
| General Delegation for the French language and the languages of France (Délégation générale à la langue française et aux langues de France)
|
1989
|
| Belgium
|
Royal Academy of French Language and Literature of Belgium (Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique)
|
1920
|
 Quebec
|
Office québécois de la langue française (Québec Office of the French Language)
|
1961
|
| Friulian
|
 Friuli-Venezia Giulia
|
Agjenzie Regjonâl pe Lenghe Furlane
|
2001
|
| Galician
|
 Galicia
|
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
|
1906
|
| Georgian
|
 Georgia (country)
|
Cabinet of Georgia (საქართველოს მთავრობა)
|
|
| German
|
 Germany
 Austria
 Switzerland
 South Tyrol
Belgium
 Alsace
 Liechtenstein
 Luxembourg
Namibia
 Syddanmark
 Opole Voivodeship
 Silesian Voivodeship
|
Council for German Orthography (Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung)
|
2004
|
| Greenlandic
|
 Greenland
|
The Greenland Language Secretariat (Oqaasileriffik)
|
1998
|
| Guarani
|
 Paraguay
|
Guarani Language Academy (Guarani Ñe’ ẽ Rerekuapavẽ)
|
2013
|
| Gujarati
|
India
|
Gujarat Sahitya Akademi (ગુજરાત સાહિત્ય અકાદમી)
|
1981
|
| Hakka
|
Republic of China
|
Hakka Affairs Council (客家委員會)
|
2001
|
| Haitian Creole
|
 Haiti
|
Haitian Creole Academy (Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen)
|
2014
|
| Hebrew
|
Israel
|
Academy of the Hebrew Language (האקדמיה ללשון העברית)
|
1890
|
| Hindi
|
India
|
Central Hindi Directorate (केन्द्रीय हिन्दी निदेशालय)
|
1960
|
| Hmar
|
India
|
Hmar Literature Society
|
|
| Hungarian
|
 Hungary
 Slovakia
 Romania
 Serbia
Austria
|
Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics (Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont)
|
1949
|
| Icelandic
|
 Iceland
|
Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies (Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum)
|
1962
|
| Igbo
|
 Nigeria
|
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
|
1949
|
| Indonesian
|
 Indonesia
|
Language Development and Fostering Agency (Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa)
|
1947
|
| Inuktitut
|
 Canada
|
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ)
|
1971
|
| Irish
|
 Ireland
 Northern Ireland
|
Foras na Gaeilge (Irish Institute)
|
1999
|
| Italian
|
 Italy
 San Marino
Switzerland
 Vatican City
 Monaco
 Corsica
 Istria County
 Eritrea
Libya
|
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
|
1583
|
| 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)
|
1934 (predecessor), 2000 (current)
|
| Kabiye
|
 Togo
|
Kabiye Academy (Académie kabiyè)
|
1975
|
| Kannada
|
Karnataka
|
Various academies and Government of Karnataka
|
|
| Kashubian
|
 Poland
|
The Kashubian Language Council (Radzëzna Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka)
|
2006
|
| Kazakh
|
 Kazakhstan
|
Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Қазақстан Республикасының Ғылым және жоғары білім министрлігі)
|
2022
|
| Khmer
|
 Cambodia
|
Royal Academy of Cambodia (រាជបណ្ឌិត្យសភាកម្ពុជា)
|
1965
|
| Korean
|
 South Korea
|
National Institute of the Korean Language (국립국어원/國立國語院)
|
1991
|
 North Korea
|
The Language Research Institute, Academy of Social Science (사회과학원 어학연구소)
|
|
| China
|
China Korean Language Regulatory Commission (중국조선어규범위원회/中国朝鲜语规范委员会)
|
|
| Kven
|
 Norway
|
Kainun institutti – kvensk institutt
|
2007
|
| Kurdish
|
 Kurdistan
|
Kurdish Academy (ئەکادیمیای کوردی)
|
1971
|
| Kyrgyz
|
 Kyrgyzstan
|
National Committee for State Language under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic (Кыргыз Республикасынын Президентине караштуу Мамлекеттик тил боюнча улуттук комиссия)
|
2009
|
| Lao
|
 Laos
|
Educational Science Research Institute, Ministry of Education and Sports (ສະຖາບັນຄົ້ນຄວ້າວິທະຍາສາດການສືກສາ ກະຊວງສຶກສາທິການ ແລະ ກີລາ)
Institute of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, National University of Laos (ສະຖາບັນວິທະຍາສາດສັງຄົມ ຄະນະອັກສອນສາດ ມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລແຫ່ງຊາດລາວ)
|
|
| Latin
|
 Holy See
|
Pontifical Academy for Latin (Pontificia Academia Latinitatis)
|
2012
|
| International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy: botanical Latin)
|
1867
|
| International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature: zoological Latin)
|
1905
|
| Latvian
|
 Latvia
|
Latvian State Language Center (Valsts Valodas Centrs)
|
1992
|
| Lithuanian
|
 Lithuania
|
Commission of the Lithuanian Language (Valstybinė lietuvių kalbos komisija)
|
1990
|
| Lusoga
|
 Uganda
|
Lusoga Language Authority
|
|
| Luxembourgish
|
Luxembourg
|
Council for the Luxembourgish Language (Conseil fir d'Letzebuerger Sprooch)
|
1998
|
| Macedonian
|
 North Macedonia
|
Linguistics and Literary Science Department at the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
|
1967
|
| Malagasy
|
 Madagascar
|
Malagasy Academy (Académie Malgache)
|
1902
|
| Malay
|
Malaysia
|
Institute of Language and Literature (Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka)
|
1956
|
 Brunei
|
Language and Literature Bureau (Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka)
|
1960
|
| Singapore
|
Majlis Bahasa Melayu Singapura (Malay Language Council, Singapore)
|
|
| Malayalam
|
India
|
Kerala Sahitya Akademi (കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി)
|
1956
|
| Maltese
|
 Malta
|
National Council for the Maltese Language (Il-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ilsien Malti)
|
2005
|
| Manx
|
 Isle of Man
|
Manx Language Advisory Council (Coonceil ny Gaelgey)
|
1985
|
| Māori
|
 New Zealand
|
Māori Language Commission (Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori)
|
1987
|
| Marathi
|
India
|
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad (महाराष्ट्र साहित्य परिषद)
|
1906
|
| Meitei (officially called Manipuri)
|
India
|
Directorate of Language Planning and Implementation (ꯗꯥꯏꯔꯦꯛꯇꯣꯔꯦꯠ ꯑꯣꯐ ꯂꯦꯡꯒ꯭ꯋꯦꯖ ꯄ꯭ꯂꯥꯅꯤꯡ ꯑꯦꯟ꯭ꯗ ꯏꯝꯄ꯭ꯂꯤꯃꯦꯟꯇꯦꯁꯟ)
|
2013
|
| Manipuri Sahitya Parishad (ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯁꯥꯍꯤꯇ꯭ꯌ ꯄꯔꯤꯁꯗ)
|
1935
|
| Mirandese
|
 Portugal
|
Anstituto de la Lhéngua Mirandesa (Institute of the Mirandese Language)
|
2000
|
| Mixtec
|
 Mexico
|
Academy of the Mixtec Language (Ve'e Tu'un Sávi)
|
1997
|
| Khalkha Mongolian
|
 Mongolia
|
Council of the official state language (Төрийн хэлний зөвлөл). Decisions have to be confirmed by the Mongolian government.
|
|
| Chakhar Mongolian
|
China
|
Council for Language and Literature Work
|
|
| Nepali
|
 Nepal
|
Nepal Academy (नेपाल प्रज्ञा–प्रतिष्ठान)
|
1957
|
| Northern Frisian
|
 North Frisia
|
Northern Frisian Institute (Nordfriisk Instituut)
|
1964
|
| Norwegian (Riksmål/Bokmål)
|
Norway
|
Norwegian Academy
|
1953
|
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
|
Norwegian Language Council
|
2005
|
| Occitan
|
 Occitania
France
 Spain
Monaco
Italy
|
Occitan Language Council (Conselh de la Lenga Occitana),
Permanent Congress of the Occitan Language (Congrès Permanent de la Lenga Occitana),
Institute of Aranese Studies (Institut d'Estudis Aranesi) (Aranese)
|
1996
|
| Odia
|
India
|
Odisha Sahitya Akademi (ଓଡ଼ିଶା ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡେମୀ)
|
1957
|
| Pashto
|
Afghanistan
|
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan (د علومو اکاډمي نښه)
|
1978
|
| Pakistan
|
Pashto Academy (پښتو اکېډمي)
|
1955
|
| Persian
|
Iran
|
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و ادب فارسی)
|
1935
|
| Afghanistan
|
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan (آکادمی علوم افغانستان)
|
1978
|
| Paiwan
|
Republic of China
|
Council of Indigenous Peoples
|
1996
|
| Polish
|
Poland
|
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
|
1996
|
| Portuguese
|
Portugal
|
Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
|
1779
|
 Brazil
|
Brazilian Academy of Letters (Academia Brasileira de Letras)
|
1897
|
| Galicia
|
Galician Academy of the Portuguese Language (Academia Galega da Língua Portuguesa)
|
2008
|
| Quechua
|
 Ecuador
|
Academy of the Kichwa Language (Kichwa Amawta Kamachik/ Academia de la Lengua Kichwa, abbreviated 'KAMAK')
|
2003
|
 Peru
|
Peruvian Ministries of Education and of Culture (as part of their functions)
|
|
| Department of Cuzco
|
High Academy of the Quechua Language (Qheswa Simi Hamut'ana Kuraq Suntur/ Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua)
|
1953
|
| Department of Cajamarca
|
Cajamarca Regional Academy of the Quechua Language (Academia Regional del Idioma Quechua de Cajamarca - ARIQ)
|
1986
|
| Department of Ancash
|
Ancash Regional Academy of Quechua (Academia Regional de Quechua de Ancash - ARQA)
|
|
| Bolivia
|
Language and Culture Institute of the Quechua Nation (Instituto de Lengua y Cultura de la Nación Quechua - ILCNQ)
|
2013
|
| Department of Cochabamba
|
Cochabamba Regional Academy of the Quechua Language (Academia Regional de la Lengua Quechua de Cochabamba)
|
|
| Rohingya
|
 Arakan (Rakhine State)
|
Rohingya Language Academy (𐴌𐴟𐴇𐴥𐴝𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝 𐴎𐴟𐴁𐴝𐴕 𐴀𐴠𐴑𐴝𐴋𐴠𐴔𐴞)
|
|
| Romanian
|
Romania
|
Academia Română (Romanian Academy)
|
1866
|
 Moldova
|
Academy of Sciences of Moldova (Academia de Științe a Moldovei)
|
1961
|
| Romansh
|
Switzerland
|
Lia Rumantscha
|
1919
|
| Russian
|
 Russia
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
 Tajikistan
|
Russian Language Institute (Институт русского языка)
|
1944
|
| Scots
|
 Scotland
|
Scots Language Centre (Center for the Scots Leid)
|
1993
|
Northern Ireland
Ireland
|
Ulster-Scots Agency (Tha Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch)
|
1999
|
| Scottish Gaelic
|
Scotland
|
The Gaelic Board (Bòrd na Gàidhlig)
|
2006
|
| Secwepemctsín
|
Canada
|
Secwepemc Cultural Education Society
|
1983
|
| Serbian and Montenegrin
|
Serbia
 Montenegro
 Srpska
|
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language (Одбор за стандардизацију српског језика)
|
1997
|
| Sicilian
|
 Sicily
|
Cademia Siciliana
|
2016
|
| Sindhi
|
Pakistan
|
Sindhi Language Authority (سنڌي ٻولي جو با اختيار ادارو)
|
1992
|
| Sinhala
|
 Sri Lanka
|
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
|
1941
|
| Slovak
|
Slovakia
|
Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovenská akadémia vied)
|
1942
|
| Slovene
|
 Slovenia
|
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti)
|
1938
|
| Somali
|
 Djibouti
 Ethiopia
Somalia
|
Regional Somali Language Academy (Akademiye Goboleedka Af Soomaaliga)
|
2013
|
| Sorbian
|
Germany
Czech Republic
Poland
|
Sorbian Institute (Serbski institut)
|
1951
|
| Spanish
|
Spain
 Colombia
Ecuador
Mexico
 El Salvador
 Venezuela
 Chile
Peru
 Guatemala
 Costa Rica
Philippines
 Panama
 Cuba
Paraguay
Bolivia
 Dominican Republic
 Nicaragua
 Argentina
 Uruguay
 Honduras
 Puerto Rico
 United States
 Equatorial Guinea
Israel
|
Association of Spanish Language Academies
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1951
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| Swahili
|
 Tanzania
|
National Swahili Council (Baraza la Kiswahili la Taifa)
|
1967
|
 Kenya
|
National Kiswahili Association (Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa)
|
1998
|
| Swedish
|
Sweden
|
Language Council of Sweden (Språkrådet)
|
1941
|
| Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien)
|
1786
|
| Finland
|
Institute for the Languages of Finland
|
|
| Tajik
|
Tajikistan
 Uzbekistan
|
Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature (Институти забон ва адабиёт ба номи А. Рӯдакии)
|
1932
|
| Tamil
|
India
|
Department of Tamil Development and Information, Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் வளர்ச்சி மற்றும் தகவல் துறை, தமிழ் நாடு)
|
1831
|
| International Institute of Tamil Studies (உலகத் தமிழாராய்ச்சி நிறுவனம்)
|
1970
|
| Tamil University (தமிழ்ப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்)
|
1981
|
| Central Institute of Classical Tamil (செம்மொழித் தமிழாய்வு மத்திய நிறுவனம்)
|
2008
|
| World Tamil Sangam (உலகத் தமிழ்ச் சங்கம்)
|
2016
|
| Sri Lanka
|
Department of Official Languages (அதிகாரப்பூர்வ மொழிகள் துறை)
|
1931
|
| Singapore
|
Tamil Language Council (வளர்தமிழ் இயக்கம்)
|
2000
|
| Malaysia
|
Malaysian Tamil Language Standardisation Council (மலேசியத் தமிழ் மொழியின் காப்பகம்)
|
2019
|
| Canada
|
Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America
|
1987
|
| United States
|
| Tatar
|
 Tatarstan
|
Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (Татарстан Республикасы Фәннәр академиясе)
|
1804
|
| Telugu
|
India
|
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
|
|
| Tetum
|
 East Timor
|
National Institute of Linguistics at the National University of East Timor
|
|
| Thai
|
 Thailand
|
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
|
1926
|
| Tibetan
|
Tibet Autonomous Region
|
Committee for Tibetan Language Affairs
|
|
| India
|
Committee for the Standardisation of the Tibetan Language
|
|
| Tulu
|
India
|
Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy
|
|
| Turkish
|
 Turkey
 Cyprus
 Northern Cyprus
|
Turkish Language Association (Türk Dil Kurumu)
|
1932
|
| Ukrainian
|
 Ukraine
|
NASU Institute of Ukrainian Language
|
1991
|
| Urdu
|
Pakistan
|
National Language Promotion Department (اِدارۀ فروغِ قومی زُبان)
|
|
| India
|
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (قومی کونسل برائے فروغ اردو زبان)
|
|
| Urhobo
|
Nigeria
|
Urhobo Studies Association
|
|
| Venetian
|
 Veneto
|
Academia de ła Bona Creansa (Academy of the Fair Courtesy, NGO accredited with advisory function for Unesco ICH 2003 Convention Academy of the Venetian Language)
|
2014
|
| Vietnamese
|
 Vietnam
|
Institute of Linguistics of Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
|
|
| Võro
|
Estonia
|
Võro Institute
|
|
| Waray
|
Philippines
|
Sanghiran san Binisaya ha Samar ug Leyte (Academy of the Visayan Language of Samar and Leyte) defunct
|
|
| Welsh
|
 Wales
|
Welsh Language Commissioner (Efa Gruffudd Jones)
|
2012
|
| West Frisian
|
 Friesland
|
Fryske Akademy (Frisian Academy)
|
1938
|
| Wolof
|
 Senegal
|
Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar (Center of Applied Linguistics of Dakar at the Cheikh Anta Diop University)
|
|
| Yiddish
|
United States
Sweden
Russia
|
YIVO
|
1925
|
| Yoruba
|
Nigeria
|
Yoruba Academy
|
2007
|
Hong Kong: Official Language Division Civil Service Bureau Government of Hong Kong – concerned with matters concerning government language policy
Macau: Departamento dos Assuntos Linguísticos of the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau of the Government of Macau –concerned with matters concerning government language policy