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SIL serves language communities worldwide, building their capacity for sustainable language development,
by means of research, translation, training and materials development.

Cultural awareness

SIL encourages cultural awareness by providing intercultural and cross-cultural training, investigating worldview diversity and producing tools for research and data collection.

   

What's New

  • A new website for Graphite, the "smart font" system designed to handle complex scripts.
  • The FieldWorks software suite provides the tools researchers need to process linguistic and cultural data. Download the latest version.
  • ScriptSource provides information on the world’s writing systems and a platform for collaboration for font developers. Check out new features, including real-time discussions.
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More What’s New

Rapid Word Collection: an updated approach to dictionary creation

A new research group is working to refine a promising method for compiling dictionaries, one that is accessible to both researchers and community members without linguistics training. A recent workshop resulted in 10,000 unique entries from the Buli language of Ghana.