The Summer Institute of Linguistics, or SIL

question 30

Multiple Choice

The Summer Institute of Linguistics, or SIL:

• A) is a secular institution with the mission of preserving indigenous religious practices.
• B) sends missionaries into the field to create written versions of indigenous languages with the goal of disseminating the Christian Bible in those languages.
• C) has attempted to eliminate indigenous languages and replace them with English.
• D) is a religious institution with the mission of putting an English Bible into the hands of native speakers.

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