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SIL International: Partners in Language Development
Description edit
What is SIL International?
Founded over 70 years ago, SIL International is a faith-based organization that studies, documents, and assists in developing the world’s lesser-known languages. SIL’s staff shares a Christian commitment to service, academic excellence, and professional engagement through literacy, linguistics, translation, and other academic disciplines. SIL makes its services available to all without regard to religious belief, political ideology, gender, race, or ethnic background.
SIL has grown from a small summer linguistics training program with two students in 1934 to a staff of over 5,000 coming from over 60 countries. SIL’s linguistic investigation exceeds 1,800 languages spoken by over 1.2 billion people in more than 70 countries.
Beginnings
The organization grew out of one man’s concern for people speaking lesser-known languages that lacked written alphabets. Originally from the U.S.A., William Cameron Townsend moved to Guatemala to live cross-culturally in a Mayan village. There he learned a Cakchiquel language, began language and educational development, and promoted Bible translation. After years in Guatemala, he expanded his vision to many similarly disadvantaged peoples of the world.
Languages edit
English
Contact edit
- Summer Institute of Linguistics
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- Dallas TX
- United States 75236
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- +1.9727087414
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External Links edit
- Alexa: Sil.org
