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| Abbreviation | ASALE |
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| Formation | 1951 (1951) |
| Headquarters | Madrid,Spain |
Official language | Spanish |
President | Santiago Muñoz Machado[1] |
General Secretary | Francisco Javier Pérez |
Main organ | Permanent commission |
| Website | asale.org |
TheAssociation of Academies of the Spanish Language (Spanish:Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española;ASALE) is an entity whose end is to work for the unity, integrity, and growth of theSpanish language.[2] 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.[3][4][5][6]
Through the initiative of then-president of MexicoMiguel Alemán Valdés, the first congress of academies convened with the purpose of maintaining the integrity of and fostering the further growth of Spanish.[4] The meeting was held from 23 April to 6 May 1951 and resulted in the creation of the association[7] and its permanent commission.[8] TheRoyal Spanish Academy (Spanish:Real Academia Española orRAE) was not present at the initial meeting but participated in the permanent commission.[8] Ever since the second congress convened in 1956, theRAE has been a regular participant.[citation needed]
In 2000 the association organised the School of Hispanic Lexicography and the Carolina Foundation to promote Spanish lexicography[citation needed], and together with theRAE, the association earned thePrince of Asturias Award for peace.[7]
An academy forEquatorial Guinea was created in 2013 and joined the association in 2016.[9]
| 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 | 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 José | Costa Rica | Delegations from Cuba, Honduras, and Paraguay were not present |
| X | 24–29 April 1994 | Madrid | Spain | |
| XI | 15–19 November 1998 | Puebla | Mexico | |
| XII | 12–15 November 2002 | San Juan | Puerto Rico | |
| XIII | 21–24 March 2007 | Medellín | Colombia | |
| XIV | 21–25 November 2011 | Panama City | Panama | |
| XV | 23–25 November 2015 | Mexico City | Mexico | |
| XVI | 4–8 November 2019 | Seville | Spain | |
| XVII | 11–13 November 2024 | Quito | Ecuador |
The collaboration betweenRAE and the other academies was expressed in the coauthorship, since the 22nd edition published in 2001, of the Dictionary of the Spanish Language (Spanish:Diccionario de la Lengua Española), and the 1999 edition of the Orthography (Spanish:Ortografía) was considered a true pan-Hispanic work. Joint projects include the editing of the Grammar (Spanish:Gramática) and the compilation of the Dictionary of Americanisms (Spanish:Diccionario de americanismos).[citation needed]
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.[3][10][11] During the Third Congress of Academies, held inBogotá, 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.[12]
AlthoughIsraelis mainly speak Hebrew, Arabic, English, and Russian, an ASALE conference onJudaeo-Spanish held in 2015[13] led to plans for the creation of an Israeli branch.[14] A group of academics was founded by ASALE in 2018 and submitted to thegovernment 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.[15][needs update] There are no plans forBelize,Gibraltar, orAndorra 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 inBrazil andWestern Sahara.[citation needed]
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