Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature

Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature
FormationMarch 17, 1932; 92 years ago (1932-03-17)[1]
PurposeRegulatory body of the Tajik language.
Headquarters21 Rudaki avenue, 734025, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Membership
153
President
Saxidod Rahmatullozoda
Websitehttps://www.izar.tj/

The Abuabdullo Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature (Tajik: Институти забон ва адабиёт ба номи А. Рӯдакии, romanized: Instituti Zabon va Adabiyet ba Rūdakii; Russian: Институт языка и литературы имени А. Рудаки; Persian: انستیتوت زبان و ادبیات رودکی) is the regulatory body for the Tajik variety of Persian language, headquartered in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.[2] It is one of the oldest research institutes in the Tajik Academy of Sciences; it acts as the official authority on the language and contributes to linguistic research on the Tajik language and other languages of Tajikistan.[3][4]

The Institute of Language and Literature in the Tajik Republic was founded during the Soviet era on 17 March 1932. In 1958, on the 1100th anniversary of the birth of the founder of Persian-Tajik literature Abuabdullo Rudaki, the institute was named in his honour.[1]

  1. ^ a b "RUDAKI INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, ORIENTAL AND WRITTEN HERITAGE". Tajik Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Institute of language and literature of the Tajik Academy of Sciences". Intangible cultural heritage platform for Asia and the Pacific (ICHCAP). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. ^ "TAJIKISTAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Дар бораи Институт". Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature. Retrieved 7 March 2021.