The Equatoguinean Academy of the Spanish Language ( es, Academia Ecuatoguineana de la Lengua Española) is an association of academics and experts on the use of 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 ...

in Equatorial Guinea, a republic in

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in which Spanish is the national official language. Equatoguinean Spanish is the particular variety of Spanish spoken in the country. Since 19 March 2016, Equatorial Guinea has been a member of the

Association of Spanish Language Academies The Association of Academies of the Spanish Language ( es, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, ASALE) is an entity whose end is to work for the unity, integrity, and growth of the Spanish language. It was created in Mexico in 1951 an ...

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Spanish was the administrative language of the territory of

Spanish Guinea Spanish Guinea (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Guinea Española'') was a set of Insular Region (Equatorial Guinea), insular and Río Muni, continental territories controlled by Spain from 1778 in the Gulf of Guinea and on the Bight of Bonny, in ...

before its independence from Spain as the Republic of Equatorial Guinea in 1968. The

Constitution of Equatorial Guinea The Constitution of Equatorial Guinea ( es, Ley Fundamental de Guinea Ecuatorial) is the basic document of that country. It was approved in 1991 and amended in 1995. In 2011, a referendum A referendum (plural: referendums or less commonly re ...

codifies the status of Spanish as a national official language. Since 2009, Equatorial Guinea has participated in the

Ibero-American Summit The Ibero-American Summit, formally the Ibero-American Conference of Heads of State and Governments ( es, Cumbres Iberoamericanas de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno, pt, Cimeiras (or Cúpulas) Ibero-Americanas de Chefes de Estado e de Governo), is ...

as an "associate member" in light of its cultural and linguistic connection with the nations of

Hispanic America The region known as Hispanic America (in Spanish called ''Hispanoamérica'' or ''América Hispana'') and historically as Spanish America (''América Española'') is the portion of the Americas comprising the Spanish-speaking countries of North, ...

. The country is also a member of the Organization of Ibero-American States since 1979.

History

In 2007, the Real Academia Española invited two academics from the

National University of Equatorial Guinea The National University of Equatorial Guinea (UNGE, ''Universidad Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial'' in Spanish) is a public institution of higher education, being one of the main universities of Equatorial Guinea in Central Africa. It has a main c ...

to its international summit with the intent that they serve as representatives of their country to the RAE. In July 2009, the RAE named a further five Equatoguineans as "Academic Correspondents", including artist Leandro Mbomio Nsue, with a stated goal of creating an Equatoguinean Spanish academy in the future. Subsequently, the institution was officially established in October 2013 by Presidential Decree number 163/2013. It was also announced that the official RAE dictionary of Spanish would, for the first time, include selected words of Equatoguinean origin. At the international summit of the Association of Spanish Language Academies in Puerto Rico in 2015, the Equatoguinean Academy of the Spanish Language made a formal request to join the association.Guinea Ecuatorial tendrá este año Academia de la Lengua de la RAE
diario ''El País'', 24 de abril de 2015.El Primer Ministro con los académicos ecuatoguineanos de la Academia de la Lengua Española
Página Oficial del Gobierno de la República de Guinea Ecuatorial, 25 de enero de 2014. The admission was finalized in 2016.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Academia Ecuatoguineana de la Lengua Espanola Spanish language academies Equatoguinean culture 2013 establishments in Equatorial Guinea Organizations established in 2013

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