| Formation | March 17, 1932; 93 years ago (1932-03-17)[1] |
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| Purpose | Regulatory body of theTajik language. |
| Headquarters | 21 Rudaki avenue, 734025,Dushanbe,Tajikistan |
| Membership | 153 |
President | Saxidod Rahmatullozoda |
| Website | https://www.izar.tj/ |
TheAbuabdullo Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature (Tajik:Институти забон ва адабиёт ба номи А. Рӯдакӣ,romanized: Instituti Zabon va Adabiyot ba nomi A. Rūdakī;Russian:Институт языка и литературы имени А. Рудаки;Persian:انستیتوت زبان و ادبیات به نام ا. رودکی) is theregulatory body for theTajik variety ofPersian language, headquartered inDushanbe,Tajikistan.[2] It is one of the oldest research institutes in theTajik Academy of Sciences; it acts as the official authority on the language and contributes to linguistic research on the Tajik language and otherlanguages of Tajikistan.[3][4]
TheInstitute of Language and Literature in theTajik Republic was founded during theSoviet era on 17 March 1932. In 1958, on the 1100th anniversary of the birth of the founder of Persian-Tajik literatureAbuabdullo Rudaki, the institute was named in his honour.[1]