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3 unusual facts about SIL international


Instituto Lingüístico de Verano

SIL International, the parent organisation, based in the US and formerly known as the Summer Linguistics Institute, may by itself be referred to as the Instituto Lingüístico de Verano in general Spanish

Steven N. Sheldon

Steven N. Sheldon is the Executive Director of International Administration of SIL International.

Xochistlahuaca

Protestantism was introduced to the region by the Instituto Lingüistico de Verano in the 1940s.


Edward W. Moser

Edward W. Moser (1924–1976) was an American linguist and expert in the Seri language and culture working with the Summer institute of Linguistics.

Ethnologue

The Ethnologue is published by SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics), a Christian linguistic service organization, which studies numerous minority languages, to facilitate language development and to work with the speakers of such language communities to translate portions of the Bible in their language.

Q’anjob’al language

According to 1998 estimates compiled by SIL International in Ethnologue, there were approximately 77,700 native speakers, primarily in the Huehuetenango Department of Guatemala.


see also

BXN

Burduna language of Australia, SIL International language code BXN