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Formation | 1919 |
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Headquarters | 15 Plaza Berria, Bilbao, Biscay, Spain |
Region served | Basque Country |
Official language | Basque |
Chairman | Andres Urrutia |
Affiliations | Euskerazaintza, Royal Spanish Academy |
Website | Euskaltzaindia website |
Euskaltzaindia (lit. 'group of keepers of the Basque language'; often translated Royal Academy of the Basque Language) is the official academic language regulatory institution which watches over the Basque language. It conducts research, seeks to protect the language, and establishes standards of use. It is known in Spanish as La Real Academia de la Lengua Vasca (being under the royal patronage of the Spanish monarchy, like the Real Academia Española) and in French as Académie de la Langue Basque.[1]