What is Royal Spanish Academy?
The '''Royal Spanish Academy''' (Spanish: '''{{lang|es|Real Academia Española}}''', generally abbreviated as '''RAE''') is Spain's official royal [[institution]]. Its mission is to make sure the [[Spanish language]] lives on. It is based in [[Madrid]], Spain, but also has locations throughout the world with the [[Association of Spanish Language Academies|Association of Academies of the Spanish Language]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asale.org/sites/default/files/Folleto_Asale_web_ag16.pdf|title=ASOCIACIÓN DE ACADEMIAS DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA|website=Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804005330/http://www.asale.org/sites/default/files/Folleto_Asale_web_ag16.pdf|archive-date=August 4, 2017|url-status=|access-date=October 28, 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{europe-stub}} [[Category:Organizations based in Spain]]