75 Years of Service
SIL International 2009 Update
In 2009, SIL celebrated 75 years of service to ethnolinguistic minority people groups. This 2009 Update (1.2 MB) highlights:
- participation in international conferences that address national policies on multilingualism
- advocating the importance of language issues in adult learning at the CONFINTEA VI conference in Brazil
- partnering in comprehensive linguistic surveys
- working alongside Deaf linguist-translators on the application of linguistic and translation principles to sign languages
- literacy training opportunities around the world
- the acceptance of SIL’s Graphite smart font software into OpenOffice.org
SIL looks forward to continued participation in partnerships that support communities striving to preserve their language and cultural identity.
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