List of language regulators

Template:Short description Template:Contains special characters Template:Use dmy dates This is a list of bodies that consider themselves to be authorities on standard languages, often called language academies. Language academies are motivated by, or closely associated with, linguistic purism and prestige, and typically publish prescriptive dictionaries,<ref>Thomas, George (1991) Linguistic purism p.108, quotation: Template:Quotation</ref> which purport to officiate and prescribe the meaning of words and pronunciations. A language regulator may also have a more descriptive approach, however, while maintaining and promoting (but not imposing) a standard spelling. Many language academies are private institutions, although some are governmental bodies in different states, or enjoy some form of government-sanctioned status in one or more countries. There may also be multiple language academies attempting to regulate and codify the same language, sometimes based in different countries and sometimes influenced by political factors.

Many world languages have one or more language academies or official language bodies. However, the degree of control that the academies exert over these languages does not render the latter controlled natural languages in the sense that the various kinds of "simple English" (e.g., Basic English, Simplified Technical English) or George Orwell's fictional Newspeak are. They instead remain natural languages to a considerable extent and are thus not formal languages such as Attempto Controlled English. They have a degree of standardization that allows them to function as standard languages (e.g., standard French). The English language has never had a formal regulator in any country.

Natural languages

Language	Territory	Regulator(s)	Founded
Amis	Template:Flag	Council of Indigenous Peoples	1996
Afrikaans	Template:Flag Template:Flag	Die Taalkommissie (The Language Commission)	1909
Akan	Template:Flag	Akan Orthography Committee (AOC)
Albanian	Template:Flag	Academy of Sciences of Albania	1972
	Template:Flag	Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo	1975
Arabic	Template:Flag	Academy of the Arabic Language (مجمع اللغة العربية)
	Template:Flag	Supreme Council of the Arabic language in Algeria (المجلس الأعلى للغة العربية بالجزائر‎)	1996
	Template:Flag	Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo (مجمع اللغة العربية بالقاهرة)	1932
	Template:Flag	Iraqi Academy of Sciences (المجمع العلمي العراقي)	1948
	Template:Flag	Jordan Academy of Arabic (مجمع اللغة العربية الأردني)	1924
	Template:Flag	Academy of the Arabic Language in Jamahiriya
	Template:Flag	Academy of the Arabic Language in Morocco	1960
	Template:Flag	King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language (مجمع الملك سلمان العالمي للغة العربية)
	Template:Flag	Academy of the Arabic Language in Mogadishu
	Template:Flag	Academy of the Arabic Language in Khartum
	Template:Flag	Academy of the Arabic Language in Damascus (مجمع اللغة العربية بدمشق)	1918
	Template:Flag	Beit Al-Hikma Foundation (مؤسسة بيت الحكمة)	1992
	Template:Flag	Academy of the Arabic Language in Israel (مجمع اللغة العربية)	2007
Aragonese	Template:Flag	Instituto de l'Aragonés<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> (Previously: Academy of the Aragonese)	2013
Armenian	Template:Flag	Armenian National Academy of Sciences (Հայաստան)	1943
Assamese	Template:Flagicon India	Asam Sahitya Sabha (অসম সাহিত্য সভা)	1917
Asturian	Template:Flag	Academy of the Asturian Language (Academia de la Llingua Asturiana)	1980
Azerbaijani	Template:Flag Template:Flag	Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (Azərbaycan Milli Elmlər Akademiyası)	1945
Aymara	Template:Flag	Language and Culture Institute of the Aymara Nation (Instituto de Lengua y Cultura de la Nación Aymara - ILCNA)	2013Template:Cn
Balochi	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	Balochi Academy Sarbaz (بلۏچی زبانءِ ربیدجاہ)	2017
Basque	Template:Flagicon Basque Country Template:Flagicon Navarre Template:Flagicon French Basque Country	Euskaltzaindia, often translated as Royal Academy of the Basque language	1918
Belarusian	Template:Flag	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus	1929
Bengali (Bangla)	Template:Flag	Bangla Academy (বাংলা একাডেমি)	1955
	Template:Flag	Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi (পশ্চিমবঙ্গ বাংলা আকাদেমি)	1986
Berber	Template:Flag	Royal Institute of Amazight Culture	2001
	Template:Flag	Haut-Conseil à l'amazighité (High Commission for Amazighity)	1995
		Algerian Academy of Amazigh Language	2017
Bhojpuri	Template:Flag	Bhojpuri Academy, Bihar
		Maithili - Bhojpuri Academy, Delhi
		Bhojpuri Sahitya Academy, Madhya Pradesh
Central Bikol	Template:Flag	Academia Bicolana defunct
Bosnian	Template:Flag Template:Flagicon image Sandžak	University of Sarajevo
Breton	Template:Flag	Public Office for the Breton Language (Ofis Publik ar Brezhoneg)	2010
Bulgarian	Template:Flag	Institute for Bulgarian Language at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences	1942
Burmese	Template:Flag	Myanmar Language Commission ( မြန်မာစာအဖွဲ့)	1963
Catalan	Template:Flag	Institute for Catalan Studies (Institut d'Estudis Catalans)	1907
	Template:Flag	Valencian Language Academy (Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua)	2001
Cebuano	Template:Flag	Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters (Akademyang Bisaya)
Cherokee	Template:Flag	Council of the Cherokee Nation (ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ)<ref>Council of the Cherokee Nation</ref>
Standard Chinese	Template:Flag	State Language Work Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会)	1986<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
	Template:Flag	Ministry of Education (教育部)
	Template:Flag	Promote Mandarin Council (讲华语运动理事会)	1979
	Template:Flag	Chinese Language Standardisation Council of Malaysia (马来西亚华语规范理事会)
Cornish	Template:Flag	Cornish Language Partnership (Keskowethyans an Taves Kernewek)	2005
Croatian	Template:Flag	Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics (Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje)	1948
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Czech	Template:Flag	Institute of the Czech Language (of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})	1946
Danish	Template:Flag	Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Council)	1955
Dalecarlian	Template:Flagicon Dalarna County	Ulum Dalska	1984
Divehi	Template:Flag	Dhivehi Academy (ދިވެހި އެކެޑަމީ)	2011
Dutch	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	Dutch Language Union (Nederlandse Taalunie)	1980
Dzongkha	Template:Flag	Dzongkha Development Commission ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})	1968
Estonian	Template:Flag	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	Template:Flag	Faroese Language Board (Málráðið)	1985
Filipino	Template:Flag	Commission on the Filipino Language (Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino)	1937
Finnish	Template:Flag	Institute for the Languages of Finland (Kotimaisten kielten keskus)	1976
French	Template:Flag	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
	Template:Flag	Royal Academy of French Language and Literature of Belgium (Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique)Template:Citation needed	1920
	Template:Flag	lang}} (Québec Office of the French Language)	1961
Friulian	Template:Flag	Agjenzie Regjonâl pe Lenghe Furlane<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2001
Galician	Template:Flag	Royal Galician Academy ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})	1906
Georgian	Template:Flag	Cabinet of Georgia (საქართველოს მთავრობა)
German	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	Council for German Orthography (Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung)	2004
Greenlandic	Template:Flag	The Greenland Language Secretariat (Oqaasileriffik)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Guarani	Template:Flag	Guarani Language Academy (Guarani Ñe’ ẽ Rerekuapavẽ)	2013
Gujarati	Template:Flag	Gujarat Sahitya Akademi (ગુજરાત સાહિત્ય અકાદમી)	1981
Hakka	Template:Flag	Hakka Affairs Council (客家委員會)	2001
Haitian Creole	Template:Flag	Haitian Creole Academy (Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen)	2014
Hebrew	Template:Flag	Academy of the Hebrew Language (האקדמיה ללשון העברית)	1890
Hindi	Template:Flag	Central Hindi Directorate (केन्द्रीय हिन्दी निदेशालय)	1960
Hmar	Template:Flag	Hmar Literature SocietyTemplate:Citation needed
Hungarian	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics (Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont)	1949
Icelandic	Template:Flag	Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies (Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum)	1962
Igbo	Template:Flag	Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture	1949
Indonesian	Template:Flag	Language Development and Fostering Agency ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})	1947
Inuktitut	Template:Flag	Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ)	1971
Irish	Template:Flag Template:Flag	Foras na Gaeilge (Irish Institute)	1999
Italian	Template:Flag Template:RSM Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	lang}} (Academy of the bran)	1583
Japanese	Template:Flag	No official centralized regulation, but de facto regulations by Agency for Cultural Affairs ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) at the Ministry of Education of Japan ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> 2000 (current)
Kabiye	Template:Flag	Kabiye Academy (Académie kabiyè)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Kannada	Template:Flagicon Karnataka	Various academies and Government of Karnataka
Kashubian	Template:Flag	The Kashubian Language Council (Radzëzna Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka)	2006
Kazakh	Template:Flag	Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Қазақстан Республикасының Ғылым және жоғары білім министрлігі)	2022
Khmer	Template:Flag	Royal Academy of Cambodia (រាជបណ្ឌិត្យសភាកម្ពុជា)	1965
Korean	Template:Flag	National Institute of the Korean Language (국립국어원/國立國語院)	1991
	Template:Flag	The Language Research Institute, Academy of Social Science (사회과학원 어학연구소)
	Template:Flag	China Korean Language Regulatory Commission (중국조선어규범위원회/中国朝鲜语规范委员会)
Kven	Template:Flag	Kainun institutti – kvensk institutt	2007
Kurdish	Template:Flag	Kurdish Academy (ئەکادیمیای کوردی)	1971
Kyrgyz	Template:Flag	National Committee for State Language under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic (Кыргыз Республикасынын Президентине караштуу Мамлекеттик тил боюнча улуттук комиссия)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Lao	Template:Flag	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	Template:Flag	Pontifical Academy for Latin (Pontificia Academia Latinitatis)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	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	Template:Flag	Latvian State Language Center (Valsts Valodas Centrs)	1992
Lithuanian	Template:Flag	Commission of the Lithuanian Language (Valstybinė lietuvių kalbos komisija)	1990
Lusoga	Template:Flag	Lusoga Language Authority
Luxembourgish	Template:Flag	Council for the Luxembourgish Language (Conseil fir d'Letzebuerger Sprooch)	1998
Macedonian	Template:Flag	Linguistics and Literary Science Department at the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts	1967
Malagasy	Template:Flag	Malagasy Academy (Académie Malgache)	1902
Malay	Template:Flag	Institute of Language and Literature (Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka)	1956
	Template:Flag	Language and Literature Bureau (Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka)	1960
	Template:Flag	Majlis Bahasa Melayu Singapura (Malay Language Council, Singapore)
Malayalam	Template:Flag	Kerala Sahitya Akademi (കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി)	1956
Maltese	Template:Flag	National Council for the Maltese Language (Il-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ilsien Malti)	2005
Manx	Template:Flag	Manx Language Advisory Council (Coonceil ny Gaelgey)	1985
Māori	Template:Flag	Māori Language Commission (Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori)	1987
Marathi	Template:Flag	Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad (महाराष्ट्र साहित्य परिषद)	1906
Meitei (officially called Manipuri)	Template:Flag	Directorate of Language Planning and Implementation ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})	2013
		Manipuri Sahitya Parishad ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})	1935
Mirandese	Template:Flag	Anstituto de la Lhéngua Mirandesa (Institute of the Mirandese Language)	2000
Mixtec	Template:Flag	Academy of the Mixtec Language (Ve'e Tu'un Sávi)	1997
Khalkha Mongolian	Template:Flag	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Chakhar Mongolian	Template:Flag	Council for Language and Literature Work
Nepali	Template:Flag	Nepal Academy (नेपाल प्रज्ञा–प्रतिष्ठान)	1957
Northern Frisian	File:Nordfriesischeflagge.svg North Frisia	Northern Frisian Institute (Nordfriisk Instituut)	1964
Norwegian (Riksmål/Bokmål)	Template:Flag	Norwegian Academy	1953
Norwegian Bokmål Norwegian Nynorsk		Norwegian Language Council	2005
Occitan	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	Occitan Language Council (Conselh de la Lenga Occitana),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Permanent Congress of the Occitan Language (Congrès Permanent de la Lenga Occitana),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Institute of Aranese Studies (Institut d'Estudis Aranesi) (Aranese)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1996
Odia	Template:Flag	Odisha Sahitya Akademi (ଓଡ଼ିଶା ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡେମୀ)	1957
Pashto	Template:Flag	Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan (د علومو اکاډمي نښه)	1978
	Template:Flag	Pashto Academy (پښتو اکېډمي)	1955
Persian	Template:Flag	Academy of Persian Language and Literature ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})	1935
	Template:Flag	Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan (آکادمی علوم افغانستان)	1978
Paiwan	Template:Flag	Council of Indigenous Peoples	1996
Polish	Template:Flag	Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)	1996
Portuguese	Template:Flag	Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)	1779
	Template:Flag	Brazilian Academy of Letters (Academia Brasileira de Letras)	1897
	Template:Flag	Galician Academy of the Portuguese Language (Academia Galega da Língua Portuguesa)	2008
Quechua	Template:Flag	Academy of the Kichwa Language (Kichwa Amawta Kamachik/ Academia de la Lengua Kichwa, abbreviated 'KAMAK')<ref name=":1">Template:Cite book</ref>	2003<ref name=":1" />
	Template:Flag	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<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
	Department of Cajamarca	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1986<ref name=":2" />
	Department of Ancash	Ancash Regional Academy of Quechua (Academia Regional de Quechua de Ancash - ARQA)
	Template:Flag	Language and Culture Institute of the Quechua Nation (Instituto de Lengua y Cultura de la Nación Quechua - ILCNQ)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Department of Cochabamba	Cochabamba Regional Academy of the Quechua Language (Academia Regional de la Lengua Quechua de Cochabamba)
Rohingya	Template:Flagicon image Arakan (Rakhine State)	Rohingya Language Academy (𐴌𐴟𐴇𐴥𐴝𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝 𐴎𐴟𐴁𐴝𐴕 𐴀𐴠𐴑𐴝𐴋𐴠𐴔𐴞)
Romanian	Template:Flag	Academia Română (Romanian Academy)	1866
	Template:Flag	Academy of Sciences of Moldova (Academia de Științe a Moldovei)	1961
Romansh	Template:Flag	Lia Rumantscha	1919
Russian	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	Russian Language Institute (Институт русского языка)	1944
Scots	Template:Flag	Scots Language Centre (Center for the Scots Leid)	1993
	Template:Flag Template:Flag	Ulster-Scots Agency (Tha Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch)	1999
Scottish Gaelic	Template:Flag	The Gaelic Board (Bòrd na Gàidhlig)	2006
Secwepemctsín	Template:Flag	Secwepemc Cultural Education Society	1983
Serbian and Montenegrin	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language (Одбор за стандардизацију српског језика)	1997
Sicilian	Template:Flag	Cademia Siciliana<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2016
Sindhi	Template:Flag	Sindhi Language Authority (سنڌي ٻولي جو با اختيار ادارو)	1992
Sinhala	Template:Flag	Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)	1941
Slovak	Template:Flag	Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovenská akadémia vied)	1942
Slovene	Template:Flag	Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti)	1938
Somali	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	Regional Somali Language Academy (Akademiye Goboleedka Af Soomaaliga)	2013
Sorbian	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	Sorbian Institute (Serbski institut)	1951
Spanish	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	Association of Spanish Language Academies	1951
Swahili	Template:Flag	National Swahili Council (Baraza la Kiswahili la Taifa)	1967
	Template:Flag	National Kiswahili Association (Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa)	1998
Swedish	Template:Flag	Language Council of Sweden (Språkrådet)	1941
		Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien)	1786
	Template:Flag	Institute for the Languages of Finland
Tajik	Template:Flag Template:Flag	Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature (Институти забон ва адабиёт ба номи А. Рӯдакии)	1932
Tamil	Template:Flag	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
	Template:Flag	Department of Official Languages (அதிகாரப்பூர்வ மொழிகள் துறை)	1931
	Template:Flag	Tamil Language Council (வளர்தமிழ் இயக்கம்)	2000
	Template:Flag	Malaysian Tamil Language Standardisation Council (மலேசியத் தமிழ் மொழியின் காப்பகம்)	2019
	Template:Flag	Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America	1987
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Tatar	Template:Flag	Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (Татарстан Республикасы Фәннәр академиясе)	1804
Telugu	Template:Flag	Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Tetum	Template:Flag	National Institute of Linguistics at the National University of East Timor
Thai	Template:Flag	Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)	1926
Tibetan	Template:Flagicon Tibet Autonomous Region	Committee for Tibetan Language Affairs [1]
	Template:Flag	Committee for the Standardisation of the Tibetan Language
Tulu	Template:Flag	Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy
Turkish	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:TRNC	Turkish Language Association (Türk Dil Kurumu)	1932
Ukrainian	Template:Flag	NASU Institute of Ukrainian Language	1991
Urdu	Template:Flag	National Language Promotion Department (اِدارۀ فروغِ قومی زُبان)
	Template:Flag	National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (قومی کونسل برائے فروغ اردو زبان)
Urhobo	Template:Flag	Urhobo Studies Association
Venetian	Template:Flag	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)Template:CN	2014
Vietnamese	Template:Flag	Institute of Linguistics of Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
Võro	Template:Flag	Võro Institute
Waray	Template:Flag	Sanghiran san Binisaya ha Samar ug Leyte (Academy of the Visayan Language of Samar and Leyte) defunct
Welsh	Template:Flag	Welsh Language Commissioner (Efa Gruffudd Jones)	2012
West Frisian	Template:Flag	Fryske Akademy (Frisian Academy)	1938
Wolof	Template:Flag	Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar (Center of Applied Linguistics of Dakar at the Cheikh Anta Diop University)
Yiddish	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	YIVO<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1925
Yoruba	Template:Flag	Yoruba Academy	2007

Constructed languages

Apart from the Akademio de Esperanto, most constructed languages (also called conlangs) have no true linguistic regulators or language academies.<ref name=":0">Johan Derks, Prilingvaj institutoj de 18 naciaj lingvoj (Language Institutes of eighteen states), Interlingvistikaj Studoj, UAM, 2014/17, Esperanta Interlingvistiko 1</ref>

Auxiliary languages

Language	Regulator(s)
Esperanto	Akademio de Esperanto
Ido	Uniono por la Linguo Internaciona Ido
Lingua Franca Nova	Asosia per Lingua Franca Nova
Volapük	Kadäm Volapüka

Esperanto

Esperanto and Ido have been constructed (or planned) by a person or small group, before being adopted and further developed by communities of users through natural language evolution.

Bodies such as the Akademio de Esperanto look at questions of usage in the light of the original goals and principles of the language.

Interlingua

Interlingua has no regulating body, as its vocabulary, grammar, and orthography are viewed as a product of ongoing social forces. In theory, Interlingua therefore evolves independent from any human regulator. Interlingua's vocabulary is verified and recorded by dynamically applying certain general principles to an existing set of natural languages and their etymologies. The International Auxiliary Language Association ceased to exist in 1954, and according to the secretary of Union Mundial de Interlingua "Interlingua doesn't need its Academy".<ref name=":0" />

Other constructed languages

Language	Regulator(s)
Klingon	Marc Okrand
Lojban	Logical Language Group
Naʼvi	Paul Frommer
Talossan	Comità per l'Útzil del Glheþ

Other bodies

These bodies do not attempt to regulate any language in a prescriptive manner and are primarily concerned with aiding and advising the government on policies regarding language usage.

• Template:Flag: Official Language Division Civil Service Bureau Government of Hong Kong – concerned with matters concerning government language policy
• Template:Flag: Departamento dos Assuntos Linguísticos of the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau of the Government of Macau –concerned with matters concerning government language policy

See also

• Proposals for an English Academy
• Language policy
• Language revival
• Language planning
• Linguistic purism
• Languages in censuses