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SIL Global

non-profit organization to study, develop and document languages, and evangelize Christianity
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Summary

SIL Global is a non-governmental organization[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 46 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • SIL Global's field of work was linguistics[3].
  • SIL Global's field of work was Bible translation[4].
  • SIL Global received the Ramon Magsaysay Award[5].
  • SIL Global was a member of Conference of NGOs[6].
  • SIL Global's religion is recorded as Protestantism[7].
  • SIL Global's religion is recorded as Evangelicalism[8].
  • SIL Global is in the country of United States[9].
  • SIL Global's instance of is recorded as non-governmental organization[10].
  • SIL Global's instance of is recorded as scientific society[11].
  • SIL Global's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[12].
  • SIL Global's instance of is recorded as Christian organization[13].
  • SIL Global's founder is recorded as William Cameron Townsend[14].
  • SIL Global's headquarters location is recorded as Dallas[15].
  • SIL Global's Commons category is recorded as SIL International[16].
  • 1934 marks the founding of SIL Global[17].
  • SIL Global's official website is recorded as https://sil.org[18].
  • SIL Global's has characteristic is recorded as banishment[19].
  • SIL Global's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'SIL'}[20].
  • SIL Global's owner of is recorded as Ethnologue[21].
  • SIL Global's partnership with is recorded as UNESCO[22].
  • SIL Global's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+1140'}[23].

Body

Founding

SIL Global's founder is recorded as William Cameron Townsend[14]. 1934 marks the founding of it[17].

Identity

SIL Global's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'SIL'}[20].

Operations

SIL Global's headquarters location is recorded as Dallas[15].

Industry

Fields of work include linguistics[3], an academic discipline[24] and Bible translation[4], a literary genre[25].

Recognition

SIL Global received the Ramon Magsaysay Award[5].

Why It Matters

SIL Global has Wikipedia articles in 46 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

FAQs

What awards did SIL Global receive?

Honors received include Ramon Magsaysay Award[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . ngocongo.org. Retrieved . ngocongo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . ngocongo.org. Retrieved . ngocongo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . ngocongo.org. Retrieved . ngocongo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . unesco.org. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1934-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Partnership with → UNESCO
    Nl cr aut id → kn20060529026, ko2006341710
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