Academia Boliviana de la Lengua


The Academia Boliviana de la Lengua is an association of academics and experts on the use of the Spanish language in Bolivia. It is a member of the Association of Spanish Language Academies.
The academy was founded in La Paz on August 25, 1927, by a group of linguists and writers, including Víctor Muñoz Reyes and Francisco Iraizós y Rosendo Villalobos. Other founding members included Hernando Siles, Félix del Granado, Ricardo Mujía, and Florián Zambrana. Other distinguished members throughout the academy's history include Enrique Kempff Mercado and Porfirio Díaz Machicao, who also served as director from 1957 to 1975.