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The Kifuliiru Language, Two Volume Set, by Karen Van Otterloo and Roger Van Otterloo, PL 146 and 147, 1132 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-279-1, $99.00

Includes
Volume 1: Phonology, Tone, and Morphological Derivation
Volume 2: A Descriptive Grammar

The Kifuliiru Language, Volume 1: Phonology, Tone, and Morphological Derivation, by Karen Van Otterloo, PL 146, 2011, 516 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-261-6, $52.99

This volume on Kifuliiru, a Bantu (J) language of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and its companion volume, The Kifuliiru Language: Volume 2: A Descriptive Grammar, is one of the most thorough and yet readable Bantu grammars available.

Mitla Zapotec Texts: Folklore Texts in Mexican Indian Languages 3 edited by Stubblefield & Stubblefield, LDAMI 12, 1995, 152 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-700-1, $16.50

Gives a grammatical sketch of Zapotec (Mitla Vallay, Oaxaca, Mexico).

Ozumacín Chinantec Texts: Folklore Texts in Mexican Indian Languages 2 by Nadine Rupp; James E. Rupp, LDAMI 11, 1995, 96 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-624-0, $13.50

A compilation of seven stories narrated by a native speaker of this language group (southern Mexico).

A Phonological Study of the Gwari Lects by Heidi James Rosendall, LDAFS 24, 1992, 128 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-186-3, $10.50

A phonological study of the four Gwari lects (Nigeria): Northern and Southern Gbagyi and Northern and Southern Gbari.

Workpapers Concerning Waorani Discourse Features edited by Rachel Saint; Evelyn G. Pike, LDAMI 10, 1988, 190 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-625-7, $16.50

Discusses discourse features (peak), grammatical structures (clause) and features of the referential structure (participant reference).

Zapotec Oral Literature: El Folklore de San Lorenzo Texmelucan, Folklore Texts in Mexican Indian Languages 4 by Charles H. Speck, LDAMI 13, 1998, 252 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-058-2, $30.50

Presents a sampling of the oral literature of the Zapotec people in San Lorenzo Texmelucan (Mexico). Written in Spanish and English. En español y ingles.