SIL's core contribution areas are Scripture translation, literacy, education, development, linguistic research and language tools. We are eager for the day when all people enjoy equal access to …

SIL is a global, faith-based nonprofit that works with local communities around the world to develop language solutions that expand possibilities for a better life.

SIL Global (previously SIL International) is a global, faith-based nonprofit that works with local communities around the world to develop language solutions that expand possibilities for a better life.

At SIL, we create software that helps people everywhere use their computers, tablets, and smartphones in their own language. Our software catalog features everything from modern linguistic analysis tools …

SIL is given Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC), allowing SIL to designate official representatives to UN headquarters in New York and …

SIL’s service with ethnolinguistic minority communities is motivated by the belief that all people are created in the image of God, and that languages and cultures are part of the richness of God's creation.

But he by himself couldn't work with all the communities he encountered. He needed help. He founded the Summer Institute of Linguistics in 1934 as a summer training program for linguists to work with …

No one can live without language, but over 2 billion people can't fully use theirs. SIL empowers people to use their languages for good. Join with us and support causes that heal, protect, train, and empower …

SIL develops language technology to help with language development and research, literacy, dictionary work, and mother-tongue translation and media production.

SIL makes concerted efforts to survey languages, evaluate their vitality, facilitate language development, and where possible, support members of the speech community in their desire to document and …