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Q14793
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Key facts
- Formation
- 1934 ; 92 years ago ( 1934 )
- Type
- Scientific institute
- Purpose
- Research in linguistics , promotion of literacy, language preservation , Bible translation
- Headquarters
- Dallas , Texas , United States
- Key people
- William Cameron Townsend (founder) Johnstone Ndunde (executive director) Karel van der Mast (board chair)
- Affiliations
- Evangelical Christianity
- Website
- www .sil .org
- Formerly called
- Summer Institute of Linguistics
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Funder, Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1934
- Location
- Dallas, United States
- Also known as
- Summer Institute of Linguistics
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.481394.3 · ISNI 0000 0000 8783 3064
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Encyclopedic overview
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SIL Global (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics International) is an evangelical Christian nonprofit organization whose main purpose is to study, develop and document languages, especially those that are lesser-known, to expand linguistic knowledge, promote literacy, translate the Christian Bible into local languages, and aid minority language development.
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