Agency for Language Development and Cultivation

Agency for Language Development and Cultivation
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Seal of Educational Ministries
Agency overview
Preceding agency
  • Language and Book Development Agency
    Badan Pengembangan Bahasa dan Perbukuan
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 Primary and Secondary Education of Indonesia.