Language Development and Fostering Agency
The Language Development and Fostering Agency (Indonesian: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa), formerly the Language and Book Development Agency (Badan Pengembangan Bahasa dan Perbukuan) and the Language Centre (Pusat Bahasa), is the institution responsible for standardising and regulating the Indonesian language as well as maintaining the indigenous languages of Indonesia. It is an agency under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology of Indonesia.
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa | |
Seal of Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology | |
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Jurisdiction | Indonesia |
Headquarters | Jalan Daksinapati Barat IV, Rawamangun, East Jakarta |
Minister responsible | |
Website | badanbahasa |
The agency has a secretariat, four division heads, 12 sub-division heads, two central heads, six sector heads and 12 sub-sector heads, as well as a number of regional offices.
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