Language planning refers to language standardization in which certain authorities, such as the government or government agency of a country, choose a particular speech variety and spread the use of it, including its pronunciation and spelling systems, across regional boundaries. 语言规划指某些权威组织，例如某个国家的政府或政府机构首先选定某一特定的语言变体然后跨区域推广使用这种语言变体，包括它的发音和拼写体系等。