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New page: '''SIL International''' (originally the '''Summer Institute of Linguistics''') is an Christian linguistic non-profit organization based in the United States which d...
'''SIL International''' (originally the '''Summer Institute of Linguistics''') is an [[Christian]] [[Linguistics|linguistic]] non-profit organization based in the [[United States]] which documents and studies the lesser-known languages of the world.
SIL International publishes the Ethnologue, a reference work which contains statistics for 6,912 languages, such as number of speakers and Bible availability.
==History==
SIL International started in 1934 as the Summer Institute of Linguistics, a small summer camp whose purpose was to train Missionaries for SIL's sister organization, [[Wycliffe Bible Translators]].
==External Links==
===Official Site===
*[http://www.SIL.org SIL International]
===Ethnologue===
*[http://www.ethnologue.com Web version of the Ethnologue]
SIL International publishes the Ethnologue, a reference work which contains statistics for 6,912 languages, such as number of speakers and Bible availability.
==History==
SIL International started in 1934 as the Summer Institute of Linguistics, a small summer camp whose purpose was to train Missionaries for SIL's sister organization, [[Wycliffe Bible Translators]].
==External Links==
===Official Site===
*[http://www.SIL.org SIL International]
===Ethnologue===
*[http://www.ethnologue.com Web version of the Ethnologue]