The Royal Galician Academy ( gl, Real Academia Galega, RAG) is an institution dedicated to the study of

Galician culture The culture of Galicia is the patterns of human activity and symbolism associated with the Galicia region of Spain and the Galician people. Literature As with many other Romance languages, Galician-Portuguese emerged as a literary language ...

and especially the Galician language; it promulgates norms of

grammar In linguistics, the grammar of a natural language is its set of structure, structural constraints on speakers' or writers' composition of clause (linguistics), clauses, phrases, and words. The term can also refer to the study of such constraint ...

spelling Spelling is a set of conventions that regulate the way of using graphemes (writing system) to represent a language in its written form. In other words, spelling is the rendering of speech sound (phoneme) into writing (grapheme). Spelling is one ...

, and

vocabulary A vocabulary is a set of familiar words within a person's language. A vocabulary, usually developed with age, serves as a useful and fundamental tool for communication and acquiring knowledge. Acquiring an extensive vocabulary is one of the la ...

and works to promote the language. The Academy is based in

A Coruña A Coruña (; es, La Coruña ; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. A Coruña is the most populated city in Galicia and the second most populated municipality in the autonomous community and s ...

, Galicia,

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

. The current president is Víctor Fernández Freixanes.

History

In 1905 the Sociedade Protectora da Academia Gallega was founded in

La Habana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

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. Then on September 30, 1906, thanks to the efforts of writers

Manuel Curros Enríquez Manuel Curros Enríquez (September 15, 1851 - February 7, 1908) was a Galician writer and journalist in the Galician language, and is considered to be one of the leading figures of Galician culture and identity. Early life Manuel Curros Enrí ...

and Xosé Fontenla Leal, it was reestablished as the ''Real Academia Galega''.

Manuel Murguía Manuel Antonio Martínez Murguía (17 May 1833 – 2 February 1923) was a Galician journalist and historian who created the Real Academia Galega. He was one of the main figures in Galician ''Rexurdimento'' movement. He is also remembered as Ro ...

was its first president. In 1972 the Academy standardized the design of the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Galicia. Some years later, the Academy persuaded the

Galician government The Xunta de Galicia (; "Regional Government of Galicia") is the collective decision-making body of the government of the autonomous community of Galicia, composed of the President, the Vice-President(s) and the specialized ministers (''Consell ...

to commemorate the old coat of arms by superimposing it on the existing civil flag; the resulting flag is used today. Its terminological branch is

Termigal Termigal is the body in charge of ''the general coordination of terminology activities in relation to the Galician language, of promoting and developing terminological resources and products of linguistic engineering in which terminology plays an ...

Current members

* Víctor Fernández Freixanes * Margarita Ledo Andión *

Fina Casalderrey Fina Casalderrey (born 11 August 1951) is a Spanish writer and educator, considered to be one of the most important writers of Galician children's literature. Life and career She was born in Xeve in Pontevedra and began a career in teaching. ...

* Marilar Aleixandre * Xosé Henrique Monteagudo Romero * Xesús Alonso Montero *

Rosario Álvarez Blanco Rosario () is the largest city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous city in the country, and is also the most ...

* Xosé Luís Axeitos Agrelo * Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo *

Francisco Díaz-Fierros Viqueira Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

Francisco Fernández Rei Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

Xesús Ferro Ruibal Xesús Ferro Ruibal (Moraña, 1944) is a theologian, Latinist and writer from Galicia. He is a member of the Real Academia Galega and he helped translate the Bible to Galician. He works nowadays in a phraseology In linguistics, phraseology ...

Salvador García-Bodaño Zunzunegui Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Salvador (band), a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music ** ''Salvador'' ( ...

Manuel González González Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * M ...

* Bernardino Graña Villar * María López Sández * Ramón Lorenzo Vázquez * Chus Pato * Xosé Luís Regueira Fernández *

Manuel Rivas Manuel Rivas Barrós (born 24 October 1957 in A Coruña, Spain) is a Galician writer, poet and journalist. Biography Manuel Rivas Barrós began his writing career at the age of 15. He has written articles and literary essays for Spanish newspa ...

* Euloxio Rodríguez Ruibal * Ana Romaní * Pegerto Saavedra Fernández * Anton Luís Santamarina Fernández * Andrés Torres Queiruga * Ramón Villares Paz

External links

* {{Authority control Galician language Language regulators 1905 establishments in Cuba