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German actually has the Rat der Deutschen Sprache which is exactly this and makes exactly these decisions. As do many other languages. The latest change they m

German actually has the Rat der Deutschen Sprache which is exactly this and makes exactly these decisions. As do many other languages. The latest change they made was introducing the capital ẞ.

bhaak 8y ago
No, it doesn't if you mean with "exactly these decisions" that it also decides what words are considered officially part of the language. You also got the name wrong. It's "Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung" (Council for German Orthography) and that is exactly what they do. They standardize on the orthography. Nothing more.