Academia Dominicana de la Lengua

The Academia Dominicana de la Lengua^[1] (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 Dominican Republic's correspondent academy of the Royal Spanish Academy. It was founded in Santo Domingo on 12 October 1927 and, like the other academies, has the principal function of working to regulate the Spanish language in the Dominican Republic.

Dominican Academy of the Language

Academia Dominicana de la Lengua
Abbreviation	ADL
Established	October 12, 1927; 97 years ago (1927-10-12)
Founded at	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Focus	Dominican Spanish
Headquarters	Casa de las Academias
Location	Ciudad Colonial (Santo Domingo)
Region served	Dominican Republic
Official languages	Spanish
Publication	Diccionario del español dominicano
Affiliations	Association of Spanish Language Academies
Website	www.academia.org.do

It was created by the initiative of Archbishop Adolfo Alejandro Nouel. Currently, it has 29 members that are identified by the letters of the alphabet, from A to Z, and are considered members for life. It also counts with 30 correspondents.^[2]

Members

Academic members

These are the members that belong to the academy for life. Their chairs are identified by the letters of the alphabet.^[3][4]

Chair	Holder	Entry year
A	Jose Rafael Lantigua	2006
B	Andrés L. Mateo	Unknown
C	Ramon Emilio Reyes	2002
CH	Tony Raful Tejada [es]	2011
D	Ricardo Miniño Gómez	2003
E	Fabio Guzmán Ariza [es]	2014
F	Bruno Rosario Candelier	1985
G	Pedro Verges	2021
H	Rafael Gonzales Tirado	Unknown
I	Carlos Esteban Deive	Unknown
J	Dennis R. Simó	2007
K	Federico Henríquez Gratereaux	1980
L	Diógenes Céspedes	Unknown
LL	Rafael Peralta Romero	2017
M	Irene Pérez Guerra	1993
N	Marcio Veloz Maggiolo	Unknown
Ñ	Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez	1989
O	Odalís Pérez Nina	Unknown
P	Manuel Matos Moquete	2000
Q	Manuel Núñez Asencio	2003
R	José Enrique García	2007
S	Ana Margarita Haché	2008
T	Juan José Jimenes Sabater	2007
U	Guillermo Piña-Contreras	2007
V	Franklin Domínguez Hernández	2008
X	José Miguel Soto Jiménez	2011
Z	María José Rincón González	2011
Elected	José Alcántara Almánzar	2010
Elected	Leonel Fernández	2010
Elected	Claudio Cayo Espinal	2018

References

1. "Academia Dominicana de la Lengua – Academia.org.do". Retrieved Oct 17, 2019.
2. "Historia". Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-05-30.
3. "Académicos". Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-05-30.
4. "Miembros de número – Academia Dominicana de la Lengua" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-05-30.