There is the Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung[1] which oversees German orthography. The German orthography reform of 1996 was overseen by it's predecessor organ

There is the Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung[1] which oversees German orthography. The German orthography reform of 1996 was overseen by it's predecessor organization, the Internationale Arbeitskreis für Rechtschreibreform. An international orthography reform like that would be pretty much unthinkable for the English language. [1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_f%C3%BCr_deutsche_Rechtschreibung https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_f%C3%BCr_deutsche_Rechtsch...