About SIL

Partners in Language Development

SIL International is a faith-based nonprofit organization committed to serving language communities worldwide as they build capacity for sustainable language development. SIL does this primarily through research, translation, training and materials development. SIL works alongside ethnolinguistic communities and their partners as they discover how language development addresses the challenging areas of their daily lives—social, cultural, political, economic and spiritual.

Founded in 1934, SIL (Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc) has grown from a small summer linguistics training program with two students to a staff of over 5,500 coming from over 60 countries. SIL's linguistic investigation exceeds 2,590 languages spoken by over 1.7 billion people in nearly 100 countries. The organization makes its services available to all, without regard to religious belief, political ideology, gender, race or ethnolinguistic background. 

24-page booklet - PDF
English		2.2 MB
French		2.5 MB
Portuguese		2.5 MB
Spanish		2.5 MB
Turkish		3.5 MB

Trifold brochure - PDF
English		1.8 MB
French		1.9 MB
Portuguese		1.9 MB
Spanish		1.9 MB

Information sheet - PDF
English		1.3 MB
English on A4		1.4 MB

 

Administration

The international headquarters for SIL is located in Dallas, Texas, USA, with additional regional administrative offices on five continents. The organization is incorporated as the Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc. (SIL), a Texas non-profit educational corporation, and is recognized by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as exempt from income tax under Section 501(c)3 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. An international Board of Directors with twelve members from seven nations provides governance to SIL.

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SIL International
7500 W. Camp Wisdom Road
Dallas, Texas 75236-5629 USA
Phone: 972-708-7400
E-mail: info_sil@sil.org
Web: www.sil.org