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| Founded | 1973 |
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| Founded at | New York City |
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| Legal status | 501(c)(3)nonprofit organization[1] |
Director | Nuria Morgado |
| Website | anle.us |
TheNorth American Academy of the Spanish Language[2] (Spanish:Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española,ANLE) is an institution made up of philologists of theSpanish language who live and work in the United States, including writers, poets, professors, educators and experts in thelanguage itself. Its mission is to support and promote the study and correct usage ofSpanish in the United States of America (not includingPuerto Rico which has itsown academy). TheAcademia, established inNew York City in 1973, is a corresponding member of theReal Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy). The organization is also a part of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language (ASALE), which brings together 23 corporations on four continents, inSpain, throughout theAmericas, thePhilippines, andEquatorial Guinea.[3]
Spanish professorTomás Navarro Tomás was a founding member of the academy and a member of RAE who fled to the United States from Spain in 1939 during the Spanish Civil War.[3]
The institution was not namedAcademia Estadounidense de la Lengua Española because in 1973,New Yorkstate authorities −where it was established as a nonprofit educational organization− did not accept this denomination in order to avoid being mistaken for a governmental institution. According to thestate, this would be more evident in itsEnglish translation:[4] United States Academy of the Spanish Language.
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