Taalkommissie
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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.
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- Instance of
- language regulator
- Official name
- Taalkommissie
- Field of work
- Afrikaans
- Country
- South Africa
- Headquarters
- Bloemfontein
- Parent organization
- South African Academy for Science and Arts
- Official website
- www.taalkommissie.co.za
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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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