Royal Spanish Academy

Royal Spanish Academy
Real Academia Española
AbbreviationRAE
Formation1713; 311 years ago (1713)
FounderThe Duke of Escalona
PurposeLinguistic prescription and research
HeadquartersMadrid, Spain
Region served
Hispanophone regions and populations
Official language
Spanish
Protector
Felipe VI
(as King of Spain)
Director
Santiago Muñoz Machado
Main organ
Governing Board
AffiliationsAssociation of Spanish Language Academies
Websitewww.rae.es Edit this at Wikidata

The Royal Spanish Academy (Spanish: Real Academia Española [reˈal akaˈðemja espaˈɲola], generally abbreviated as RAE) is Spain's official royal institution with a mission to ensure the stability of the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, and is affiliated with national language academies in 22 other Hispanophone nations through the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language.[1]

The RAE dedicates itself to language planning by applying linguistic prescription aimed at promoting linguistic unity within and between various territories, to ensure a common standard. The proposed language guidelines are shown in a number of works.

  1. ^ "ASOCIACIÓN DE ACADEMIAS DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA" (PDF). Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.