Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature

{{Short description|Language regulatory body in Tajikistan}}

{{Use Oxford spelling|date = August 2022}}

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{{Infobox organization

| name = Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature

| formation = {{Start date and age|1932|03|17}}

| purpose = Regulatory body of the Tajik language.

| headquarters = 21 Rudaki avenue, 734025, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

| leader_title = President

| leader_name = Saxidod Rahmatullozoda

| membership = 153

| website = https://www.izar.tj/

}}

The Abuabdullo Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature ({{langx|tg|Институти забон ва адабиёт ба номи А. Рӯдакӣ|Instituti Zabon va Adabiyot ba nomi A. Rūdakī}}; {{langx|ru|Институт языка и литературы имени А. Рудаки}}; {{langx|fa|انستیتوت زبان و ادبیات به نام ا. رودکی}}) is the regulatory body for the Tajik variety of Persian language, headquartered in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.{{cite web | url=https://net.unesco-ichcap.org/institute-of-language-and-literature-of-the-tajik-academy-of-sciences-named-after-rudaki/ | title=Institute of language and literature of the Tajik Academy of Sciences | publisher=Intangible cultural heritage platform for Asia and the Pacific (ICHCAP) | accessdate=7 March 2021}} It is one of the oldest research institutes in the Tajik Academy of Sciences; it acts as the official authority on the language and contributes to linguistic research on the Tajik language and other languages of Tajikistan.{{cite web | url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/tajikistan-academy-of-sciences | title=TAJIKISTAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | publisher=Encyclopædia Iranica | accessdate=7 March 2021}}{{cite web | url=http://www.iza.tj/tg/dar-borai-institut/tarih | title=Дар бораи Институт | publisher=Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature | accessdate=7 March 2021}}

The Institute of Language and Literature in the Tajik Republic was founded during the Soviet era on 17 March 1932. In 1958, on the 1100th anniversary of the birth of the founder of Persian-Tajik literature Abuabdullo Rudaki, the institute was named in his honour.{{cite web | url=https://anrt.tj/en/about-the-academy/departments-of-the-as-rt/department-of-social-sciences/rudaki-institute-of-language-literature-oriental-and-written-heritage | title=RUDAKI INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, ORIENTAL AND WRITTEN HERITAGE | publisher=Tajik Academy of Sciences | accessdate=7 March 2021}}