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> there is zero chance of international standardisation at this point

Well, the French language isn't really standardised internationally either, as many French-speaking countries have their own equivalent to the Académie.

The Office québécois de la langue française in Québec is the most active and influential one (as an example, their proposed word "courriel" for replacing "email" is the most common variant, even in France) and Belgium also has a Conseil de la langue française. Switzerland also has a Délégation à la langue française which is much less active, and the equivalents in Africa are mostly anecdotal for now though.



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