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    SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics) is an evangelical Christian non-profit organization whose main purpose is to study, develop and document languages, especially those that are lesser-known, in order to expand linguistic knowledge, promote literacy,

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    William Cameron Townsend, a Presbyterian minister, founded the organization in 1934, after a Christian mission in the early 1930s, with the Disciples of Christ among the Kaqchikel Maya people in

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    SIL's principal contribution to linguistics has been the data that have been gathered and analyzed from over 1,000 minority and endangered languages, many of which had not been previously studied academically. SIL endeavors to share both the data and the results of analysis in

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    SIL has Consultative Status with UNESCO as an NGO, and has Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) as an advocate for

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    Ethnologue and ISO 639-3 codes
    Ethnologue: A Guide to the World's Languages, is published by SIL, since 1951. Starting with the

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    In 1979, SIL's agreement was officially terminated by the Mexican government after critiques from anthropologists regarding the combination of education and missionary activities in indigenous communities, though SIL continued to be active in that country. At a

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    Besides the headquarters in Dallas, SIL has offices and locally incorporated affiliated organizations in the following countries:
    Africa
    Cameroon: Yaoundé (central office), Bamenda (regional

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    The 1947 Summer Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America passed a resolution that the work of SIL "should be strongly commended by our Society and welcomed as one of the most promising developments in applied linguistics in this country."

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  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:SIL_International

    I think the passage I added definetly belongs in the intro. This is a question of SIL going against not just the rest of the linguistic community, but the majority of the speakers as well. The classification of Flemish seems to be an especially bad call, since the Flemish themselves seem not to be comfortable at all with the description of their variant of Dutch as a separate language.
    SIL's classification of Scandinavian languages contains even more oddities. Norwegianhas been …

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    What does SIL stand for?
    ^ Appeal: SIL (Summer Institute of Linguistics) International, Unesco BKK. ^ "Summer Institute of Linguistics", Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for International Understanding, 1973, archived from the original on 2011-05-10, retrieved 2006-02-10.
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    Who is the founder of the SIL International?
    SIL International. The organization was founded by Presbyterian minister William Cameron Townsend, an American missionary to Guatemala, where he worked among the Kaqchikel Maya people. In 1933, Townsend turned to Mexico with the purpose of translating the Bible into indigenous languages there, as he had done for Kaqchikel.
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    What is the contribution of SIL?
    SIL's principal contribution to linguistics has been the data that have been gathered and analyzed from over 1,000 minority and endangered languages, many of which had not been previously studied academically. SIL endeavors to share both the data and the results of analysis in order to contribute to the overall knowledge of language.
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    What is the SIL database?
    SIL has more than 6,000 members from over 50 countries. Based on their language documentation work, SIL publishes a database, Ethnologue, of its research into the world's languages, and develops and publishes software programs for language documentation, such as FieldWorks Language Explorer (FLEx) and Lexique Pro.
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    • William Cameron Townsend, një ministër prezbiterian, themeloi organizatën në vitin 1934. Në fillim të viteve 1930, Townsend punoi si misionar Dishepuj të Krishtit midis popullit Maya Kaqchikel në Guatemalë. Në vitin 1933 ai u kthye në Meksikë me qëllim përkthimin e Biblës në gjuhë indigjene aty, ashtu siç kishte bërë për Kaqchikel. Townsend krijoi një marrëdhënie pune m…
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    • Formation: 1934
    • Type: Scientific institute
  5. https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIL_International
    • SIL International, ursprungligen Summer Institute of Linguistics, började som en liten sommarkurs i Arkansas 1934 för att lära ut grundläggande språkvetenskap och antropologiska principer samt översättningsprinciper till missionärer inom vad som kom att bli Wycliffe Bible Translators. Grundare var William Cameron Townsend (1896-1982), en före detta missionär till …
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  6. https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIL_International

    SIL International este o organizație internațională, non-profit, al cărei obiect principal de activitate constă în a studia, dezvolta și documenta limbile mai puțin cunoscute de pe glob. Scopul organizației este de a extinde cunoașterea lingvistică, de a eradica analfabetismul și de a susține dezvoltarea limbilor minorităților. SIL pune la dispoziție baza sa de date prin ...

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    • https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIL_International

      sil international (tamién conocíu como summer institute of linguistics, institutu llingüísticu de branu) ye una organización ensin ánimu d'arriquecimientu perteneciente al cristianismu protestante evanxélicu, que la so finalidá principal ye arrexuntar y espublizar documentación sobre les llingües menos conocíes, col propósitu de traducir la …

    • https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIL_International

      SIL International Wikipedia SIL International SIL Internationalin logo SIL International on voittoa tavoittelematon kristillinen järjestö, joka tutkii, kehittää ja …

    • https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIL_International

      SIL International (наричан по-рано Summer Institute of Linguistics – Летен институт по лингвистика) е световна, базирана в САЩ, християнска организация с нестопанска цел. Организацията, основана през 1934 г., първоначално функционира като малък летен курс в Арканзас, САЩ.

    • https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/国際SIL

      国際sil(こくさいえすあいえる、silインターナショナルとも訳される)は、非営利のキリスト教信仰に基づく少数言語のための組織で、その主たる目的は、言語知識を広げ、世界の識字能力を促進し、少数言語の発展を援助する目的のために、あまり知られていない言語の研究、開発、記 …

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIL

      Sil Campusano (born 1965), a former baseball player Sil Austin (1929–2001), American jazz saxophonist Sil, member of the Dutch rap-metal band Urban Dance Squad Silvy De Bie or Sil (born 1981), Belgian singer Sil, project name of Dutch house musician Olav Basoski (born 1968) Places Sil (river), Galicia, Spain Sile (river), Italy, also called Sil



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