The Academia Guatemalteca de la Lengua (Spanish for ''Guatemalan Academy of the Language'') is an association of academics and experts on the use of the
Spanish language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the ...
in
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by Hon ...
. It was founded on June 30, 1887. It is a member of the
Association of Spanish Language Academies
The Association of Academies of the Spanish Language ( es, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, ASALE) is an entity whose end is to work for the unity, integrity, and growth of the Spanish language. It was created in Mexico in 1951 an ...
.
Current members
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Margarita Carrera Molina
* Gustavo Adolfo Wyld Ferraté
* Mario Alberto Carrera Galindo
* Julia Guillermina Herrera Peña
* Francisco Pérez de Antón
* Rigoberto Juárez-Paz
* Ana M.ª Urruela de Quezada
* Mario Antonio Sandoval Samayoa
* Carmen Matute
*
Lucrecia Méndez
Lucrecia Méndez de Penedo (born 21 July 1943) is a Guatemalan university professor, essayist, researcher, and literary and art critic. She has been instrumental in rescuing some of Guatemala's literary heritage from obscurity.
Biography
Marta Lu ...
de Penedo
* Francisco Morales Santos
* Delia Quiñónez Castillo
* Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez
* Dieter Hasso Lehnhoff Temme
* Mario Roberto Morales Álvarez
* María Raquel Montenegro Muñoz
* José Oswaldo Salazar de León
* Julio Roberto Palomo Silva
* Gustavo Adolfo García Fong
* María del Rosario Molina
* Gloria Hernández
* Luis Aceituno (elect)
References
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Academia Guatemalteca de la Lengua. ''Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española''
Archivedfrom the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
External links
Academia Guatemalteca de la Lengua Española- Official Site
Academia Guatemalteca de la Lengua- Page on the official site of the Association of Spanish Language Academies
Spanish language academies
Guatemalan culture
Organizations established in 1887
1887 establishments in North America
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