The Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy, abbreviated as RAE) is Spain's official royal institution. Founded in 1713, its mission is to regulate and ensure the stability of the Spanish language wherever it is spoken and used. The RAE is affiliated with national language academies in 23 other Hispanophone/Hispanic countries through the Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española (Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, abbreviated as ASALE).

In our country, its branch is called the Academia Filipina de la Lengua Española (AFLE) which was founded on 25 July 1924 by acclaimed Filipino writers in the Spanish language such as Claro M. Recto, Fernando Mᵃ Guerrero, Macario Adriático, and a host of others. Philanthropist Enrique Zóbel de Ayala, one of the progenitors of the Ayala Corporation as well as the founder of the prestigious Premio Zóbel, was also a founding member. The AFLE's current president is the illustrious linguist and scholar Guillermo Gómez Rivera. Counting among its current members are former President Gloria Macapagal de Arroyo, diplomat Alberto Rómulo, Jesuit historian Fr. José Arcilla, and award-winning poet Edmundo Farolán. The AFLE is our country's oldest state institution.

The RAE collaborates with ASALE (of which the AFLE is a member) in producing, regulating, and updating the Diccionario de la Lengua Española (Dictionary of the Spanish Language), in the publication of scholarly articles and books regarding the latest updates and trends on the Spanish language (such as the Boletín de la Real Academia Española; see photos below), and in the holding of quadrennial conferences.

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