Academia Filipina de la Lengua Española

The Philippine Academy of the Spanish Language (Spanish: Academia Filipina de la Lengua Española; Tagalog: Akademyang Filipino ng Wikang Espanyol) is the language regulator for the Spanish language in the Philippines. A member of the Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, the Academy is located in Makati.

Established in Manila on 25 July 1924, the academy is still considered a state institution despite the removal of Spanish as an official language of the Philippines in 1987. Presidential Decree No. 155, signed on 15 March 1973, re-designated Spanish as official, while Section 7, Article XIV of the present 1987 Philippine Constitution specifies Spanish (along with Arabic) as a language to "be promoted on a voluntary and optional basis."

Former President Arroyo, Foreign Affairs Minister Alberto Rómulo, and Emeritus Archbishop of Cebú Cardinal Ricardo Vidal, are among its current directors.

Philippine Spanish (Spanish: español filipino, castellano filipino) is a variant of standard Spanish spoken in the Philippines, albeit by an extreme minority. The historical variant is very similar to Mexican Spanish, because of Mexican and Hispanic American emigration to the Spanish East Indies over the years.

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