Editing Spanish language (section)

== Organizations ==
=== Royal Spanish Academy ===
{{main|Royal Spanish Academy}}

The Royal Spanish Academy ({{lang|es|Real Academia Española}}), founded in 1713,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/history/1713rae.html |title=Scholarly Societies Project |publisher=Lib.uwaterloo.ca |access-date=6 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923234545/http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/history/1713rae.html |archive-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> together with the 21 other national ones (see [[Association of Spanish Language Academies]]), exercises a standardizing influence through its publication of dictionaries and widely respected grammar and style guides.<ref>{{cite book |last=Batchelor|first=Ronald Ernest |title=Using Spanish: a guide to contemporary usage|year=1992 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=0-521-26987-3|page=318 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eEWZL1j9ig8C&q=real+academia+espa%C3%B1ola+recognized&pg=PA4|access-date=28 October 2020|archive-date=15 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815154930/https://books.google.com/books?id=eEWZL1j9ig8C&q=real+academia+espa%C3%B1ola+recognized&pg=PA4|url-status=live}}</ref>
Because of influence and for other sociohistorical reasons, a standardized form of the language ([[Standard Spanish]]) is widely acknowledged for use in literature, academic contexts and the media.

=== Association of Spanish Language Academies ===
{{main|Association of Spanish Language Academies}}
[[File:Países con Academia de la Lengua Española.svg|thumb|Member states of the ASALE<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asale.org/ASALE/asale.html |title=Association of Spanish Language Academies |language=es |publisher=Asale |access-date=5 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923155313/http://asale.org/ASALE/asale.html |archive-date=23 September 2010}}</ref>]]
The Association of Spanish Language Academies ({{lang|es|Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española}}, or {{lang|es|ASALE}}) is the entity which regulates the Spanish language. It was created in Mexico in 1951 and represents the union of all the separate academies in the Spanish-speaking world. It comprises the academies of 23 countries, ordered by date of academy foundation: [[Real Academia Española|Spain]] (1713),<ref>{{cite web |title=Real Academia Española |publisher=RAE |location=Spain |url=http://www.rae.es/rae/gestores/gespub000001.nsf/voTodosporId/CEDF300E8D943D3FC12571360037CC94?OpenDocument&i=0 |access-date=6 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929155935/http://www.rae.es/rae/gestores/gespub000001.nsf/voTodosporId/CEDF300E8D943D3FC12571360037CC94?OpenDocument&i=0 |archive-date=29 September 2010}}</ref> [[Academia Colombiana de la Lengua|Colombia]] (1871),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asale.org/ASALE/ConAALEBD?IDDOC=30202&menu=2 |title=Presentación de la Academia Colombiana de la Lengua |publisher=Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española |language=es |location=Colombia |access-date=5 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219034313/http://asale.org/ASALE/ConAALEBD?IDDOC=30202&menu=2 |archive-date=19 February 2008}}</ref> [[Academia Ecuatoriana de la Lengua|Ecuador]] (1874),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asale.org/ASALE/ConAALEBD?IDDOC=30302&menu=2 |title=Academia Ecuatoriana de la Lengua |language=es |location=Ecuador |access-date=5 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527091026/http://asale.org/ASALE/ConAALEBD?IDDOC=30302&menu=2 |archive-date=27 May 2011}}</ref> [[Academia Mexicana de la Lengua|Mexico]] (1875),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.academia.org.mx/historia.php |title=Esbozo Histórico de la Academia Mexicana de la Lengua |publisher=Academia Mexicana de la Lengua |location=Mexico |date=22 September 2010 |access-date=6 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915092057/http://academia.org.mx/historia.php |archive-date=15 September 2010 |url-status=dead |language=es}}</ref> [[Academia Salvadoreña de la Lengua|El Salvador]] (1876),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asl.org.sv/Informacion%20institucional.htm |title=Informacion institucional |publisher=Academia Salvadoreña de la Lengua |location=El Salvador |access-date=5 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904125413/http://www.asl.org.sv/Informacion%20institucional.htm |archive-date=4 September 2011 |language=es}}</ref> [[Academia Venezolana de la Lengua|Venezuela]] (1883),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asale.org/ASALE/ConAALEBD?IDDOC=30602&menu=2 |title=Academia Venezolana de la Lengua |language=es |location=Venezuela |access-date=5 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527090728/http://asale.org/ASALE/ConAALEBD?IDDOC=30602&menu=2 |archive-date=27 May 2011}}</ref> [[Academia Chilena de la Lengua|Chile]] (1885),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.institutodechile.cl/lengua/resena.htm |title=Academia Chilena de la Lengua |location=Chile |access-date=6 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905085434/http://www.institutodechile.cl/lengua/resena.htm |archive-date=5 September 2010}}</ref> [[Academia Peruana de la Lengua|Peru]] (1887),<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.academiaperuanadelalengua.org/academia/historia |title= Academia Peruana de la Lengua |location= Peru |access-date= 6 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101012010318/http://academiaperuanadelalengua.org/academia/historia |archive-date= 12 October 2010 |df= dmy-all}}</ref> [[Academia Guatemalteca de la Lengua|Guatemala]] (1887),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asale.org/ASALE/ConAALEBD?IDDOC=30902&menu=2 |title=Academia Guatemalteca de la Lengua |language=es |location=Guatemala |access-date=5 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804011930/http://asale.org/ASALE/ConAALEBD?IDDOC=30902&menu=2 |archive-date=4 August 2008}}</ref> [[Academia Costarricense de la Lengua|Costa Rica]] (1923),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acl.ac.cr/i_q.php |title=Academia Costarricense de la Lengua |location=Costa Rica |access-date=6 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323194028/http://www.acl.ac.cr/i_q.php |archive-date=23 March 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Academia Filipina de la Lengua Española|Philippines]] (1924),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asale.org/ASALE/ConAALEBD?IDDOC=31102&menu=2 |title=Academia Filipina de la Lengua Española |language=es |publisher=Philippines |access-date=5 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527090616/http://asale.org/ASALE/ConAALEBD?IDDOC=31102&menu=2 |archive-date=27 May 2011}}</ref> [[Academia Panameña de la Lengua|Panama]] (1926),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://apalengua.apalengua.org/historia |title=Academia Panameña de la Lengua |location=Panama |access-date=6 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129171943/http://apalengua.apalengua.org/historia |archive-date=29 November 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Academia Cubana de la Lengua|Cuba]] (1926),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acul.ohc.cu/ |title=Academia Cubana de la Lengua |location=Cuba |access-date=6 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219083212/http://www.acul.ohc.cu/ |archive-date=19 December 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[Academia Paraguaya de la Lengua Española|Paraguay]] (1927),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aparle.org/origenes.asp |title=Academia Paraguaya de la Lengua Española |location=Paraguay |access-date=5 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728150336/http://www.aparle.org/origenes.asp |archive-date=28 July 2011}}</ref> [[Academia Dominicana de la Lengua|Dominican Republic]] (1927),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.academia.org.do/content/blogsection/12/46/ |title=Academia Dominicana de la Lengua |location=República Dominicana |access-date=5 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222161225/http://www.academia.org.do/content/blogsection/12/46/ |archive-date=22 December 2010}}</ref> [[Academia Boliviana de la Lengua|Bolivia]] (1927),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abolen.org/Historia.html |title=Academia Boliviana de la Lengua |location=Bolivia |access-date=5 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129201058/http://www.abolen.org/Historia.html |archive-date=29 November 2010}}</ref> [[Academia Nicaragüense de la Lengua|Nicaragua]] (1928),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asale.org/ASALE/ConAALEBD?IDDOC=31702&menu=2 |title=Academia Nicaragüense de la Lengua |language=es |publisher=Nicaragua |access-date=5 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527090719/http://asale.org/ASALE/ConAALEBD?IDDOC=31702&menu=2 |archive-date=27 May 2011}}</ref> [[Academia Argentina de Letras|Argentina]] (1931),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.letras.edu.ar/ |title=Academia Argentina de Letras |location=Argentina |date=25 March 2010 |access-date=5 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728121808/http://www.letras.edu.ar/ |archive-date=28 July 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Academia Nacional de Letras, del Uruguay|Uruguay]] (1943),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mec.gub.uy/academiadeletras/MarcoPrincipal.htm |title=Academia Nacional de Letras del Uruguay |location=Uruguay |access-date=5 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319235222/http://www.mec.gub.uy/academiadeletras/MarcoPrincipal.htm |archive-date=19 March 2011}}</ref> [[Academia Hondureña de la Lengua|Honduras]] (1949),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asale.org/ASALE/ConAALEBD?IDDOC=32002&menu=2 |title=Academia Hondureña de la Lengua |language=es |location=Honduras |access-date=5 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527085850/http://asale.org/ASALE/ConAALEBD?IDDOC=32002&menu=2 |archive-date=27 May 2011}}</ref> [[Academia Puertorriqueña de la Lengua Española|Puerto Rico]] (1955),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.academiapr.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=35&Itemid=61 |title=Academia Puertorriqueña de la Lengua Española |location=Puerto Rico |access-date=5 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824060727/http://www.academiapr.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=35&Itemid=61 |archive-date=24 August 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[North American Academy of the Spanish Language|United States]] (1973)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anle.us/ |title=Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española |location=United States |access-date=5 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212025419/http://anle.us/ |archive-date=12 February 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Academia Ecuatoguineana de la Lengua Española|Equatorial Guinea]] (2016).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asale.org/academias/academia-ecuatoguineana-de-la-lengua-espanola |title=Academia Ecuatoguineana de la Lengua Española |location=Equatorial Guinea |access-date=5 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331073309/http://www.asale.org/academias/academia-ecuatoguineana-de-la-lengua-espanola |archive-date=31 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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=== Cervantes Institute ===
{{main|Instituto Cervantes}}
The {{lang|es|Instituto Cervantes|italic=no}} ('Cervantes Institute') is a worldwide nonprofit organization created by the Spanish government in 1991. This organization has branches in 45 countries, with 88 centers devoted to the Spanish and Hispanic American cultures and Spanish language.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Información sobre el Instituto Cervantes. Quiénes somos: qué es el Instituto Cervantes |url=https://www.cervantes.es/sobre_instituto_cervantes/informacion.htm |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=www.cervantes.es |archive-date=10 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410222035/https://www.cervantes.es/sobre_instituto_cervantes/informacion.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> The goals of the Institute are to promote universally the education, the study, and the use of Spanish as a second language, to support methods and activities that help the process of Spanish-language education, and to contribute to the advancement of the Spanish and Hispanic American cultures in non-Spanish-speaking countries. The institute's 2015 report "El español, una lengua viva" (Spanish, a living language) estimated that there were 559&nbsp;million Spanish speakers worldwide. Its latest annual report "El español en el mundo 2018" (Spanish in the world 2018) counts 577&nbsp;million Spanish speakers worldwide. Among the sources cited in the report is the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], which estimates that the U.S. will have 138&nbsp;million Spanish speakers by 2050, making it the biggest Spanish-speaking nation on earth, with Spanish the mother tongue of almost a third of its citizens.<ref>Stephen Burgen, [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/29/us-second-biggest-spanish-speaking-country US now has more Spanish speakers than Spain – only Mexico has more] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123045244/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/29/us-second-biggest-spanish-speaking-country |date=23 November 2018}}, US News, 29 June 2015.</ref>

=== Official use by international organizations ===
{{Main list|List of countries where Spanish is an official language#International organizations}}

Spanish is one of the official languages of the [[United Nations]], the [[European Union]], the [[World Trade Organization]], the [[Organization of American States]], the [[Organization of Ibero-American States]], the [[African Union]], the [[Union of South American Nations]], the [[Antarctic Treaty Secretariat]], the [[Latin Union]], the [[Caricom]], the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]], the [[Inter-American Development Bank]], and numerous other international organizations.

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