Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua

“ The high regard that Valencians have for their own language, considered to be one of the main identifying characteristics of the Valencian people, can be clearly seen throughout history. This regard has been especially strong amongst those persons who, throughout the centuries, have used the language as their normal means of communication. ”

“ As is well known, part of Valencian society considers the Valencian people's own language to be the same one which is spoken in other regions of the former Crown of Aragon, while another part of society considers it to be a different language. ”

“ Likewise, other sectors of society believe that the model of the formal language has not incorporated enough Valencian linguistic characteristics which are still in common use and supported by classical tradition, and that the only way to rectify this problem is by advocating total independence for Valencians in codifying their own language. ”

“ In this way, the legitimate presence of the name 'Valencian' outside of our community could be assured in a coherent fashion, while simultaneously reconciling philological reality with the Valencian legal and social reality.
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Concerning the codification of language, it must be kept in mind that not all languages have chosen to follow a single, exclusive set of guidelines. There are codification models which are extremely centralist in nature and base themselves on one single literary variety (such as Italian, which is based primarily on the literary language of Florence) ”

“ Starting from these criteria, codification in Valencia has been done and continues to be done based on a model which incorporates those traits which are unique to Valencia, as is seen in the agreements reached up to now by the AVL concerning the prescribing of normative rules. This makes it possible to have access to Valencian versions (in the media and for audiovisual products, computer programmes, published materials, liturgical and religious texts, etc.) ”

“ They were able to overcome all kinds of differing approaches, with the conviction that the system agreed upon would be «rectified and improved» in the future «based on wide-ranging agreements» that would go beyond individual points of view. ”

“ AGREEMENT OF THE ACADÈMIA VALENCIANA DE LA LLENGUA (AVL) , ADOPTED DURING THE PLENARY MEETING HELD ON 9 FEBRUARY 2005, APPROVING THE RESOLUTION CONCERNING PRINCIPLES AND CRITERIA FOR PROTECTING THE NAME AND IDENTITY OF VALENCIAN
BACKGROUND
One of the responsibilities of the Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua (Valencian Academy of the Language) , the normative body for the Valencian language, is «to watch over the normal use of Valencian and defend its name and identity» as set down in Law 7/1998 of September 16, of the Generalitat Valenciana (art. 7. d) . ”