Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language

The Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language (Serbian: Одбор за стандардизацију српског језика, Odbor za standardizaciju srpskog jezika) is a linguistic institute in Serbia, Montenegro and Republika Srpska whose purpose is to preserve and foster the Serbian language.

It was founded on December 12, 1997 in Belgrade, then in Yugoslavia.

The founders of the board are:

• Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU),
• Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (CANU),
• Academy of Sciences and Arts of Republika Srpska (ANURS),
• Matica srpska,
• The Institute for the Serbian language in Belgrade,
• Faculties of Philology in Belgrade and Priština,
• Faculties of Philosophy in Novi Sad, Nikšić, Niš, Istočno Sarajevo and Banja Luka,
• University of Kragujevac,
• Srpska književna zadruga in Belgrade.

[edit] External links

• Webpage devoted to the Board, in the Rastko Project