Vyvlander Language Board

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The Vyvlander Language Board (Vyvlander: Vyvluder Sbriksprovisie, VSP) is the national language regulator for the Vyvlander language. The VSP is tasked with regulating the words which enter into the language to make sure they conform to Vyvlander's strict orthography. The VSP also publishes the Vyvlander High Dictionary (Vyvluder Hoigwertbyk, VHW) annually, which is used as the national standard for the language. Central government organisations are legally obliged to use the VSP's language form, while all national broadcasters follow the same protocol. However, it is much less stringent with regards to business and local government use, as Vyvlander has historically been relatively heavily dialectised; the VHW contains many acceptable local or regional variants to words and grammatical structures. However, the VSP has met criticism for what is seen as 'dialect elimination' due to its strict regulations, and has also been criticised for being too linguistically prescriptive.

The VSP is composed of a council of 100 members deliberately chosen to represent a cross-section of Vyvlander society, but with a bias towards academics and linguists. It is officially separate from the government, National Commission or Parliament, and has been headquartered in Lorence since 2010.