State Commission on the Lithuanian Language

{{Short description|Official language regulating body of Lithuanian language}} {{Infobox organization | name = The State Commission on the Lithuanian Language | formation = {{start date and age|1990|06|20}} | logo = Logo of the Commission of the Lithuanian Language.png | image = | founder = Government of Lithuania | dissolved = | type = Cultural institution | focus = Legality | headquarters = Vilnius, Lithuania | origins = | product = Lithuanian language | method = | owner = | key_people = | revenue = | endowment = | footnotes = | founded = 1994<ref name="Papailias">{{cite journal |last1=Papailias |first1=Penelope C |title=Do You Want to Go Forwarḍ Turn Back!: Etymology and Neoliberalism in Greek Language Ideology |journal=Michigan Discussions in Anthropology |date=2006 |volume=13 |issue=1 |page=146 |url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mdiaarchive/0522508.0013.001/136:7?g=mdiag;rgn=full+text;view=image;xc=1 |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> | location = | region_served = Worldwide | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = | subsid = | website = }} '''The State Commission on the Lithuanian Language''' ({{langx|lt|Valstybinė lietuvių kalbos komisija}}, '''VLKK''') is the official language regulating body of the Lithuanian language.<ref>{{cite web |title=Commission |url=https://vlkk.lt/en/commission/commission-2 |website=Vlkk.lt |access-date=22 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://vlkk.lt/en/commission/history |website=Vlkk.lt |access-date=22 January 2023}}</ref>

The Language Commission was put in operation in 1961 as a non-governmental entity under the auspices of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.

Now, it is a state-run language policy, founded under the auspices of the Seimas (parliament) of Lithuania. The mandate of the Commission comprises not only regulation and standardization of the language, but also implementation of the official language status. Commission decrees on linguistic issues are compulsory by law for all companies, agencies, institutions, and the media in Lithuania.

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==External links== * {{Official website}} * [http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter2/dokpaieska.showdoc_e?p_id=157640 Amendment of the Republic of Lithuania law on the status of the state commission of the Lithuanian language]

Category:Language regulators Category:Lithuanian language