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SIL's dedication to language development past and present
SIL Electronic Survey Reports is a serial publication of SIL International. The series publishes reports on sociolinguistic surveys carried out by SIL field members and others. These survey reports provide information for language development decisions. Some are preliminary work papers and not presented as polished research. They are based on field notes and are in some cases the work of young sociolinguists with minimal training.