Agency for Language Development and Cultivation

Agency for Language Development and Cultivation
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Seal of Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology
Agency overview
Preceding agencies
  • Badan Pengembangan Bahasa dan Perbukuan
  • Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
JurisdictionIndonesia
HeadquartersJalan Daksinapati Barat IV, Rawamangun, East Jakarta
Minister responsible
Websitebadanbahasa.kemdikbud.go.id

The Agency for Language Development and Cultivation (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.

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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