The Academia Dominicana de la Lengua (variously translated as the Dominican Academy of Language, the Dominican Academy of the Language, the Dominican Academy of Letters, or glossed as the Dominican Academy of the Spanish Language; acronym ADL) is the

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's correspondent academy of the Royal Spanish Academy. It was founded in

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on 12 October 1927 and, like the other academies, has the principal function of working to regulate the

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. It was created by the initiative of Archbishop Adolfo Alejandro Nouel. Currently, it has 29 members that are identified by the letters of the

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, from A to Z, and are considered members for life. It also counts with 30 correspondents.

Members

Academic members

These are the members that belong to the academy for life. Their chairs are identified by the letters of the alphabet.

References

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