Agency for Language Development and Cultivation

The agency was founded in 1947 as the Language and Culture Research Institute (, ITCO), part of the University of Indonesia. It was headed by Gerrit Jan Held. Parallel to this, the newly formed Indonesian government, having just declared independence in 1945, created the ("Language Bureau") in March 1948. At that time, this organisation was under the Culture Division of the Ministry of Education, Teaching and Culture. In 1952, both organisations were integrated into the Faculty of Literature at the University of Indonesia. The combined organisation was named the Division of Language and Culture (). Seven years later, on 1 June 1959, the division was renamed the Division of Language and Literature (), and was integrated into the Department of Education, Teaching and Culture. Due to a presidential order in 2000, the PPPB was officially renamed as the "Language Center", and placed under the Secretariat General of the Department of National Education. On 2 January 2020, based on Presidential Decree No 82/2019 the agency name reverted back to and book-related affairs was placed under (Research and Development Agency within Ministry of Education and Culture). On 15 July 2021, the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Ministry of Research and Technology were merged into the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology. The agency was then placed under the new ministry. == Functions ==

The Language Development and Fostering Agency carries out the following functions: • Formulating technical policies in the field of language and literature development, fostering, and protection; • Implementing language and literature development, fostering, and protection; • Implementing standardization, analysis, evaluation, and reporting in the field of language and literature development, fostering, and protection; • Implementing Agency administration; and • Implementing other functions assigned by the Minister. == Organizational Structure ==

The organizational structure of the Language Development and Fostering Agency consists of: • Secretariat of the Language Development and Fostering Agency; • Center for Language and Literature Development and Protection; • Center for Language and Literature Fostering; and • Center for Language and Literature Empowerment. == Products ==

• KBBI (Big Indonesian Dictionary) • Improved Indonesian Spelling (Fifth Edition ) • Indonesian Spelling Editing Application (SIPEBI), offline software that automatically edits or corrects Indonesian text. • PASTI (Adanan Istilah), a site that provides equivalents for terms from various foreign-language fields in Indonesian. • Dictionary Sign System • Ensiklopedia of Indonesian Literature • Dictionary of terms - a special dictionary for basic science fields, including (physics, chemistry, mathematics, and biology); applied sciences (medicine, philosophy, law, language, literature, mass communication, education, religion, etc.). This dictionary of terms is a collaboration between the Language Center, experts in the field of science, and the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia Language Council (MABBIM) • as a source of equivalent words. • A language proficiency test called UKBI (Indonesian Language Proficiency Test) and the development of teaching materials for BIPA (Indonesian for Foreign Speakers). • A Language Bill that will establish three languages in Indonesia: regional languages as mother tongues, Indonesian as the national language, and foreign languages as sources of knowledge. The status of these three languages will be clarified through legislation and their use protected so that they do not overtake or overpower one another. • Halo Bahasa - an Android-based Language Agency service application. Bibliography • Interview with the Head of the Language Center, Dr. Dendy Sugono: Language Use in the Media. Media Watch, The Habibie Center. No. 49/September 15–October 15, 2006. ==See also==