Akademio de Esperanto

The "Akademio de Esperanto" (Academy of Esperanto) is an independent body intended to control the evolution of the language Esperanto by keeping it consistent with the fundamental principles thereof. Modelled somewhat after the Académie française, it was proposed by L. L. Zamenhof, creator of Esperanto, at the First World Congress of Esperanto, and founded soon after with the name "Lingva Komitato" (Language Committee). This Committee had a "superior commission" called "Akademio" ("Academy"). In 1948, within the framework of a general reorganization, the Language Committee and the Academy combined to form the "Akademio de Esperanto".

Members

In March 2006, the Akademio de Esperanto consisted of the following 45 members:

*Mr. Dao Anh Kha
*Ms. Perla Ari-Martinelli
*Dr. Aŝvini Kumar
*Mr. Marc Bavant
*Mr. Gersi Alfredo Bays
*Mr. Benczik Vilmos
*Mr. Gerrit Berveling
*Dr. Werner Bormann
*Dr. Marjorie Boulton
*Mr. André Cherpillod
*Dr. Renato Corsetti
*Prof. Probal_Dasgupta
*Mr. Edwin de Kock
*Mr. Michel Duc-Goninaz
*Mr. Gbeglo Koffi
*Mr. Miguel Gutiérrez Adúriz
*Mr. Ottó Haszpra
*Prof. Christer Kiselman
*Dr. Boris Kolker
*Dr. Ilona Koutny
*Prof. Erich-Dieter Krause
*Prof. Sergej Kuznecov
*Prof. Jouko Lindstedt
*Mr. Li Shijun (Laŭlum)
*Dr. François Lo Jacomo
*Ms. Anna Lowenstein
*Dr. Carmel Mallia
*Prof. Geraldo Mattos
*Mr. Stefan Maul
*Prof. Carlo Minnaja
*Mr. Brian Moon
*Mr. Andrzej Pettyn
*Mr. Sergej B. Pokrovskij
*Mr. Otto Prytz
*Mr. Baldur Ragnarsson
*Mr. Flavio Rebelo
*Mr. Francisko Simonnet
*Mr. Trevor Steele
*Ms. Spomenka Štimec
*Dr. Humphrey Tonkin
*Prof. Amri Wandel
*Dr. John C. Wells
*Mr. Bertilo Wennergren
*Mr. Xie Yumin
*Mr. Yamasaki Seikô

Former members have included Gaston Waringhien, Rüdiger Eichholz, Jorge Camacho, and William Auld (president of the Academy 1979-1983).

ee also

* List of language regulators

External links

* [http://www.akademio-de-esperanto.org/ Official site]