"Your Language is the most precious element in life that still includes all major values of your ancestors. What does that mean for your children, and your grandchildren and their future?"

Bafia Reaches Out: Noun Classes and Beyond

During the course of its work, SIL often has the honour of discussing with language communities the importance and benefits of linguistic work to the communities themselves and to the world. Linguists emphasise the potential of language documentation to preserve a fascinating and unique way of speaking and thinking about the world...

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New Cameroonian Linguists Make Significant Contributions to Language Development Projects

'Working alongside Grace Tabah is truly a delight. She has a deep desire to grow as a linguist while she serves the people of this region', says SIL linguist Rich Boutwell.

Rich and his wife, Katrina, have been living in Nfume – about ten kilometres south of Misaje, in the North West Region of Cameroon – since 2004...

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50th Leadership Matters Course in Cameroon

SIL had the privilege of hosting the 50th LMC (Leadership Matters Course) in Yaounde, Cameroon. The 31 participants hailed from twelve countries, some from as far as Albania or South Korea, and others from such nearer points as Gabon and The Democratic Republic of the Congo...

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Bafut proverb

What do you intend to see at the end of a snail shell?