Summer Institute of Linguistics


	Summer Institute of Linguistics

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10-26-2009 9:47 PM

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linguists from the Summer Institute of Linguistics first came to the Philippines through an invitation by President ramon Magsaysay. Twenty years later, they achieved distinction by recieving the Magsaysay Award for International Understanding.

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