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Also known as Comisión de diálogo del SAAWK, La Comisión de Idiomas

The Taalkommissie ("Language Commission") is a subsidiary of the ("South African Academy for Science and Arts") that serves as the technical committee of the ("National Language Body for Afrikaans"), which is the language regulator of the Afrikaans language. The Akademie was founded in Bloemfontein in 1909, and its branch, the ("Spelling Commission"), in 1914.

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Official name
Taalkommissie
Field of work
Afrikaans
Headquarters
Bloemfontein
Official website
www.taalkommissie.co.za
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inception
1909-00-00
facet of
Afrikaans
characteristic of
Afrikaans
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The Taalkommissie ("Language Commission") is a subsidiary of the ("South African Academy for Science and Arts") that serves as the technical committee of the ("National Language Body for Afrikaans"), which is the language regulator of the Afrikaans language. The Akademie was founded in Bloemfontein in 1909, and its branch, the ("Spelling Commission"), in 1914.

The commission focuses mainly on the revision and publication of the (AWS; "Afrikaans Word List and Spelling Rules"), a standard guide to the spelling and related writing conventions of Afrikaans. It is held as an authoritative source for the spelling of Afrikaans words.

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