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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SIL is a Christian organization that sends missionaries to create written versions of indigenous languages in order to disseminate the Bible in those languages. This has been criticized by some as a form of language and cultural imperialism.