Language council explained

A language council, also known as a language regulator or a language academy, is an organisation that performs language planning or regulation. Some language councils are national and tied to a specific state, while councils without association to any country where the language is dominant also exist.^[1] Some language academies may be presciptivist.^[2] The exact functions varies from organisation to organisation and may include the establishment or promotion of an official or national language or orthography, research and documentation.^[3]

Examples

• Cussel an Tavas Kernuak (the Cornish Language Council)
• European Language Council
• Norwegian Language Council
• Polish Language Council
• Swedish Language Council

See also

• Académie française
• List of language regulators

Notes and References

1. Givati . Yehonatan . The Regulation of Language . The Journal of Law and Economics . 61 . 3 . 2018 . 0022-2186 . 10.1086/699005 . 397–425.
2. Book: Thomas . George . Linguistic purism . 1991 . Longman . London . 9780582037434 . 3 February 2024.
3. Book: Stickel . Gerhard . Stickel . Gerhard . National language Institutions and National Languages – Contributions to the EFNIL conference 2017 in Mannheim . 2018 . MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet . Budapest . 978-963-9074-74-3 . 3 February 2024 . Introduction/Einführung/Introduction.