Association of Academies of the Spanish Language

Template:Short description Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other Template:Spanish language The Association of Academies of the Spanish Language (Template:Langx; 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 and represents the union of all the separate academies in the Spanish-speaking world. The association publishes reference works on the Spanish language and commemorative editions of Hispanic literature, among other publications.

History

Through the initiative of then-president of Mexico Miguel Alemán Valdés, the first congress of academies convened with the purpose of maintaining the integrity of and fostering the further growth of Spanish. The meeting was held from 23 April to 6 May 1951 and resulted in the creation of the association and its permanent commission. The Royal Spanish Academy (Spanish: or ) was not present at the initial meeting but participated in the permanent commission. Ever since the second congress convened in 1956, the has been a regular participant.

In 2000 the association organised the School of Hispanic Lexicography and the Carolina Foundation to promote Spanish lexicography, and together with the , the association earned the Prince of Asturias Award for peace.

An academy for Equatorial Guinea was created in 2013 and joined the association in 2016.

Congresses

List of Association of Academies of the Spanish Language congresses

Number	Date	City	Territory	Notes
I	23 April – 6 May 1951	Mexico City	Mexico	The RAE was not present
II	22 April – 2 May 1956	Madrid	Spain
III	27 July – 6 August 1960	Bogotá	Colombia
IV	30 November – 10 December 1964	Buenos Aires	Argentina	The Cuban delegation did not participate
V	24 July – 19 August 1968	Quito	Ecuador	Delegations from Cuba and Venezuela were not present
VI	20–29 November 1972	Caracas	Venezuela
VII	13–23 November 1976	Santiago de Chile	Chile	Delegations from Cuba and Mexico were not present
VIII	20–27 April 1980	Lima	Peru	The Cuban delegation did not participate
IX	8–15 October 1989	San Jose	Costa Rica	Delegations from Cuba, Honduras, and Paraguay were not present
X	24–29 April 1994	Madrid	Spain
XI	15–19 November 1998	Puebla de Zaragoza	Mexico
XII	12–15 November 2002	San Juan	Puerto Rico
XIII	21–24 March 2007	Medellin	Colombia
XIV	21–25 November 2011	Panama City	Panama
XV	23–25 November 2015	Mexico City	Mexico
XVI	4–8 November 2019	Sevilla	Spain
XVII	11–13 November 2024	Quito	Ecuador

Works

The collaboration between and the other academies was expressed in the coauthorship, since the 22nd edition published in 2001, of the Dictionary of the Spanish Language (Spanish: ), and the 1999 edition of the Orthography (Spanish: ) was considered a true pan-Hispanic work. Joint projects include the editing of the Grammar (Spanish: ) and the compilation of the Dictionary of Americanisms (Spanish: ).

Organization

The association convenes every four years, led by a Permanent Commission composed of a President (position held by the Director of the Spanish Royal Academy), a Secretary General (one of the directors of the other academies), a Treasurer (chosen by the Spanish Royal Academy), and at least two board members drawn from the associated academies, whose nomination rotate annually. During the Third Congress of Academies, held in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1960, an agreement was reached whereby the governments of countries with a member in the association would be obliged to provide financial support to their respective academies and the greater association.

Academies

Country	Name in Spanish	Name in English	Founded
Spain		Royal Spanish Academy	1713
Colombia		Colombian Academy of the Language	1871
Ecuador		Ecuadorian Academy of the Language	1874
Mexico		Mexican Academy of the Language	1875
Template:Sort		Salvadoran Academy of the Language	1876
Venezuela		Venezuelan Academy of the Language	1883
Chile		Chilean Academy of the Language	1885
Peru		Peruvian Academy of the Language	1887
Guatemala		Guatemalan Academy of the Language	1887
Costa Rica		Costa Rican Academy of the Language	1923
Philippines		Philippine Academy of the Spanish Language	1924
Panama		Panamanian Academy of the Language	1926
Cuba		Cuban Academy of the Language	1926
Paraguay		Paraguayan Academy of the Spanish Language	1927
Bolivia		Bolivian Academy of the Language	1927
Dominican Republic		Dominican Academy of the Language	1927
Nicaragua		Nicaraguan Academy of the Language	1928
Argentina		Argentine Academy of Letters	1931
Uruguay		National Academy of Letters	1943
Honduras		Honduran Academy of the Language	1949
Puerto Rico		Puerto Rican Academy of the Spanish Language	1955
United States		North American Academy of the Spanish Language	1973
Equatorial Guinea		Equatoguinean Academy of the Spanish Language	2013

Although Israelis mainly speak Hebrew, Arabic, English, and Russian, an ASALE conference on Judaeo-Spanish held in 2015 led to plans for the creation of an Israeli branch. A group of academics was founded by ASALE in 2018 and submitted to the government of Israel for recognition. The National Academia of Judaeo-Spanish in Israel will then have the ability to petition to join as a full member, likely in 2019. There are no plans for Belize, Gibraltar, or Andorra to have their own academies, despite each having a majority Spanish-speaking population either as a first or second language. There is also a substantial Spanish population in Brazil and Western Sahara.

See also

• Autoridad Nasionala del Ladino – a defunct Israeli body that regulated Ladino
• Cervantes Institute – a Spanish cultural institution
• Panhispanism – promotion of unity among Spanish speakers
• List of language regulators
• International Conference of the Spanish Language

External links

• Template:Official website