The Akademio de Esperanto (AdE; ) is an independent body of

Esperanto Esperanto (, ) is the world's most widely spoken Constructed language, constructed international auxiliary language. Created by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 to be 'the International Language' (), it is intended to be a universal second language for ...

speakers who steward the evolution of said language by keeping it consistent with the ''

Fundamento de Esperanto ''Fundamento de Esperanto'' ( English: ''Foundation of Esperanto'') is a 1905 book by L. L. Zamenhof, in which the author explains the basic grammar rules and vocabulary that constitute the basis of the constructed language Esperanto. On Augu ...

'' in accordance with the

Declaration of Boulogne The Declaration on the Essence of Esperantism (), commonly referred to as the Declaration of Boulogne (), is a historic document that establishes several important premises for the Esperanto movement. The Declaration was written by L. L. Zamenho ...

. Modeled somewhat after the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

and the

Real Academia Española The Royal Spanish Academy (, ; ) is Spain's official royal institution with a mission to ensure the stability of the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, and is affiliated with national language academies in 22 other Hispanopho ...

, the Akademio was proposed by

L. L. Zamenhof L. L. Zamenhof (15 December 185914 April 1917) was the creator of Esperanto, the most widely used constructed language, constructed international auxiliary language. Zamenhof published Esperanto in 1887, although his initial ideas date back as ...

, the creator of Esperanto, at the first

World Esperanto Congress The World Esperanto Congress (, UK) is an annual Esperanto convention. It has the longest tradition among international Esperanto conventions, with an almost unbroken run for 119 years. The congresses have been held since August 5, 1905, every ye ...

, and was founded soon thereafter under the name ''Lingva Komitato'' (Language Committee). This Committee had a "superior commission" called the ''Akademio''. In 1948, within the framework of a general reorganization, the Language Committee and the Academy combined to form the Akademio de Esperanto. The Akademio consists of 45 members and has a president, vice presidents, and a secretary. The Academy also elects "Correspondents" -- eminent individuals who are not able to regularly participate in the work of the Academy, but would like to lend their name to it. The Academy is funded by a subsidy from the

Universal Esperanto Association The Universal Esperanto Association (, UEA), also known as the World Esperanto Association, is the largest international organization of Esperanto speakers, with 5,501 individual members in 121 countries and 9,215 through national associations (i ...

and by donations.

Members

Members are elected by their peers for a period of nine years, with elections being held every three years for a third of the members. Following the last elections in February 2025, the Akademio de Esperanto consists of the following members:AdE Members and Correspondents
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* BAK Giwan *

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* Cyril Robert Brosch *

Eckhard Bick Eckhard Bick (born 16 July 1958) is a German-born Esperantist who studied medicine in Bonn but now works as a researcher in computational linguistics. He was active in an Esperanto youth group in Bonn and in the Germana Esperanto-Junularo, a nati ...

* Duncan Charters * CHO Sung Ho * Markos Kramer (

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) *

Probal Dasgupta Probal Dasgupta (born 1953) is an Indian linguist, Esperantist and activist. Dasgupta's interest in linguistics started at a very young age. He published his first article in phonology at the age of eighteen inIndian Linguisticsthe journal ...

* * Birke Dockhorn *

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* Nikolao Gudskov *

Maritza Gutiérrez González Maritza is a name of Spanish origin and may refer to: *Maritza Correia (born 1981), Puerto Rican swimmer *Maritza Olivares, Mexican actress *Maritza Rodríguez, Colombian actress *Maritza Salas (born 1975), Puerto Rican track and field athlete *Mar ...

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* Jesper Jacobsen *

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* LIU Haitao *

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Anna Löwenstein Anna Löwenstein (also spelt Lowenstein; born 1951) is a British Esperantist.Ahmad Mamdoohi * MAO Zifu *

Valentin Melnikov Valentin is a male given name meaning "strong, healthy, power, rule". It comes from the Latin name ''Valentinus'', as in Saint Valentin. Commonly found in Argentina, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Romania, Russia, Scandinavia, Ukraine, Latin A ...

* Lee Miller *

Carlo Minnaja Carlo Minnaja (born 19 March 1940) is a retired professor of Mathematics, a native Esperanto speaker, and Esperanto translator, author and researcher. He authored many books about Esperanto, in Esperanto and Italian, including a vocabulary of Es ...

* Abel Montagut * Brian Moon * Pavel Mozhaev (Paŭlo Moĵajevo) * Jorge Rafael (Rafa) Nogueras *

Marc van Oostendorp Marc van Oostendorp (; born 15 December 1967 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch linguist and Esperantist. From 2004 he has served as a weekly commentator on linguistics for Radio Noord-Holland. Since 2007, he has researched phonological microvariation, di ...

* Tim Owen * * Jukka Pietiläinen * Fernando Pita * A. Giridhar Rao * * Nicola Ruggiero * * Maria Rosaria (Sara) Spanò * José Antonio Vergara * Amri Wandel *

Bertilo Wennergren Bertilo Wennergren (; ; born 4 October 1956) is a Swedish Esperantist living in the village of Schossin in northern Germany. Biography Having spoken Esperanto since 1980, he became a member of the Esperanto Academy in 2001 and holds the post ...

Former members have included

Gaston Waringhien Gaston Waringhien (July 20, 1901 – December 20, 1991) was a French linguist, lexicographer, and Esperantist. He wrote poems as well as essays and books on linguistics. He was chairman of the Akademio de Esperanto. Books * ''Plena Vortaro'' (19 ...

Rüdiger Eichholz Rüdiger Eichholz (May 1, 1922 in Stralsund, Germany – September 5, 2000 in Cobourg, Ontario), was a Canadian physicist and Esperantist and a member of the Esperanto Academy. (In Canada he often styled his first name as "Ruediger" or "Rudi".) ...

, Jorge Camacho,

Victor Sadler Victor Sadler (1937–2020) was a British people, British-born Dutch people, Dutch Esperantist. Sadler and Esperanto Victor Sadler learnt Esperanto when he was 14, in 1951. His undergraduate degree was in Experimental Psychology at the Unive ...

, Michel Duc-Goninaz,

Lena Karpunina Lena Karpunina (1963 — November 4, 2013; ) was an Esperanto-language writer in Tajikistan (then a part of the Soviet Union). Born in what is now Russia, she grew up in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe, then was forced to leave for Germany due to th ...

, and

William Auld William Auld (6 November 1924 – 11 September 2006) was a British poet, author, translator and magazine editor who wrote chiefly in Esperanto. Life Auld was born at Erith in Kent, and then moved to Glasgow with his parents, attending Allan ...

(president, 1979–1983).

Correspondents

As of February 2025, these are the Correspondents of the Academy: Wael Al-Mahdi, Joakim Enwall, Sabine Fiedler, Federico Gobbo, Ingrid Maier, Melanie Maradan, Veronika Poór, Keyhan Sayadpour Zanjani, and Esther Schor.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Esperanto organizations Academies Language regulators

Members

Correspondents

See also

References

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