Royal Galician Academy

The Royal Galician Academy is an institution dedicated to the study of Galician culture and especially the Galician language; it promulgates norms of grammar, spelling, and vocabulary and works to promote the language. The Academy is based in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The current president is Xesús Alonso Montero, who took over from Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín in April 2013.