SIL International
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SIL International (formerly known as Summer Institute of Linguistics) a non-profit scentific organization with the main purpose to study, develop and document lesser-known languages. It provides resources in language research through Ethnologue.com,
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.
- CHN Mandarin Chinese
- DUT Dutch
- ENG English
- FRN French
- SWD Swedish
The entire list can be dowloaded from:
http://www.ethnologue.com/codes/#downloading
External links
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References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "SIL_International" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIL_International, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
