The Academia Dominicana de la Lengua (variously translated as the Dominican Academy of Language, the Dominican Academy of the Language, the Dominican Academy of Letters, or glossed as the Dominican Academy of the Spanish Language; acronym ADL)
is the
Dominican Republic
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's
correspondent academy of the
Royal Spanish Academy. It was founded in
Santo Domingo
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on 12 October 1927 and, like the other academies, has the principal function of working to regulate the
Spanish language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in th ...
.
It was created by the initiative of Archbishop
Adolfo Alejandro Nouel. Currently, it has 29 members that are identified by the letters of the
alphabet
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, from A to Z, and are considered members for life. It also counts with 30 correspondents.
Members
Academic members
These are the members that belong to the academy for life. Their chairs are identified by the letters of the alphabet.
References
Languages of the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic culture
Education in the Dominican Republic
Educational organizations based in the Dominican Republic
Spanish language academies
Organizations established in 1927
1927 establishments in North America
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