SIL International

SIL International

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

SIL international
Ethnologue.com

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