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SIL International (formerly known as Summer Institute of Linguistics) is a non-profit scientific
organization with the main purpose to study, develop and document lesser-known languages for the purpose of translating the
Bible. It provides resources in language research through Ethnologue.com.
SIL International, originally the Summer Institute of Linguistics, started as a small summer training session in Arkansas in
1934 for missionaries of what later became Wycliffe
Bible Translators.
Its international headquarters are at
- 7500 West Camp Wisdom Road
- Dallas, Texas, 75236 USA
SIL holds formal consultative status with UNESCO and United Nations.
SIL code
Some common SIL codes are listed below.
The entire list can be dowloaded from:
http://www.ethnologue.com/codes/#downloading
External links
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