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Fryske Akademy
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The '''Fryske Akademy''', founded in
1938, is the scientific center for research and education concerning
Friesland and its people, language and culture, this in the broadest sense of those words. The institution is based in the Coulonhûs in
Leeuwarden.
Although the academy's mission includes a wide breadth of
Friesland-related topics, a great deal of its work focuses particularly on the
Frisian language. The academy lobbied for and succeeded in getting Frisian a status equivalent to
Dutch language Dutch as the official language of
The Netherlands. It has also done a great deal to regulate the language. It publishes the
Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (Dictionary of the Frisian Language), which serves as the language's principal authority.
It also does a good deal of research regarding the language, history, and culture of the
Frisians Frisian people. It has published almost 1,000 scientific books, thousands of articles, and a large number of reports on these subjects.
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Fryske Akademy
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