The Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language () is a linguistic institute in Serbia, Montenegro and Republika Srpska whose purpose is to preserve and foster the Serbian variety of the Serbo-Croatian language. It was founded on 12 December 1997 in Belgrade, then in Yugoslavia. The founders of the board are: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (CANU) Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republika Srpska (ANURS) Matica srpska The Institute for the Serbian language in Belgrade Faculty of Philology of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology of the University of Priština Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Banja Luka Faculty of Philosophy of the University of East Sarajevo Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Niš Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Montenegro in Nikšić University of Kragujevac Serbian Literary Guild in Belgrade References External links Webpage devoted to the Board, in the Rastko Project Serbian language Language policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia