Academia de l'Aragonés explained

Academia de l'Aragonés
Formation:	2006
Headquarters:	Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
Region Served:	Aragon
Language:	Aragonese
Leader Title:	President
Leader Name:	Manuel Castán
Main Organ:	Consello de Gubierno
Website:	www.academiadelaragones.org

The Academia de l'Aragonés (in English, Academy of the Aragonese [Language]) is an organization founded on 15 July 2006 by the 2nd Congress on the Aragonese so as to be the linguistic authority for the Aragonese language. It has no official recognition by the Aragonese government.

The aims of the academy, according to its statute, are:

• Investigate all the oral and written manifestations of the Aragonese language
• Gather and update its lexicon
• Regulate the Aragonese toponymy and onomastic
• Research and formulate spelling, grammar and phonetic rules for all the constitutive dialects
• Fix, develop and improve the standard modality
• Procure respect for the linguistic rights of Aragonese speakers

Academics

It has 15 full members and 5 honorary members, and its current (as of 2012) president is Manuel Castán.

See also

• Rosario Ustáriz Borra

External links

• Official page