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Kenya
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Agriculture and food production

• Awiifu tusimbe emiti. 1997. (Suba)
• Engira eya okutanika enasari eya emiti. 1997. (Suba)

AIDS and HIV

• Awiiko wane awagonzaanie. 1995. (Suba)
• Chotuma ta mungumi afe mutsanga. 1994. (Chiduruma)
• Ekiitre Makaanya na akiari omtono niki? Okusoma kunyoowu Iwanga eria kuwiri 2:. 1995. (Suba)
• Giya ubichi roghoti...: UKIMWI. 2007. (Kiwilwana)
• Imbi îraûragire Gîtonga arî mwana mûnyi?. 1996. (Kitharaka)
• Kadʼenge adzariwa ni noni mutsangamwenye?. 1997. (Kigiryama)
• Kibakach :nee siimootwo kule kwer tāku miningʼ?. 1994. (Sabaot)
• Lēēkōōy angʼwan chēē kichoomtōōs. 1995. (Sabaot)
• Ndumo ya asena ane a usena wa kurya na kusa. 1995. (Chiduruma)
• Odu Hagaale: akkā daddī innama Handˀudˀo kˀabū jeelatte amminne ilaaltu. 2008. (Orma)
• Rûgono rwa acoore bana. 1996. (Kitharaka)
• Uchifitsa ukongo.... 2004. (Chiduruma)
• Uchifwitsa ukongo...; HIV/AIDS. 2003. (Chidigo)
• Uchifwitsa ukongo...; HIV/AIDS. 2003. (Digo)

Alphabet

• a b ch. 1992. (Rendille)
• Chuwo cha sauti. 1995. (Kipfokomo)
• Ndzo dhome hushome: Ndzora za Kigiryama. 1995. (Kigiryama)

Anthropology

• Payne, Doris L. 2003. "Maa color terms and their use as human descriptors."

Arithmetic

• Kutara, na kupiga isabu Chiduruma. 1995. (Chiduruma)

Aspect

• Nicolle, Steve. 2003. "Distal aspects in Bantu languages."
• Payne, Doris L. 1995. Review of: Aspekt im Maa, by Christa Konig.

Bilingual education

• Schroeder, Leila. 2001. "Mother-tongue education in schools in Tharaka language group of Kenya."

Bilingualism

• Bergman, Ted G. 1987. "The Summer Institute of Linguistics second language oral proficiency evaluation."

Case

• Loving, Aretta. 1990. "Whatever happened to me? (an objective case study), or The groanings of a grammarian."

Clauses

• Payne, Doris L. 1997. "Argument structure and locus of affect in the Maasai external possession construction."

Cognitive studies

• Matthews, Thomas G. 2007. Implicit information in the target language context.

Comparative and historical studies

• Omondi, Lucia N. 1993. "Kenya: Introduction."

Culture and folklore

• Jadi ya Muduruma chitabu cha phiri. 2001. (Chiduruma)
• Ndarira za muduruma. 2001. (Chiduruma)

Demonstratives

• Nicolle, Steve. 2007. "Metarepresentational demonstratives in Digo."

Dictionaries and vocabularies

• Iha, Samson and Stephen Nzomo, editors. 1999. Kigiryama-Kiswahili-Kizungu: a basic Giryama-Kiswahili and English dictionary.
• Larsen, Iver, compiler. 1996. Soomburtaab ngʼaleek chēbo Sābāwoot (Sabaot dictionary).
• Mwalonya, Joseph, compiler, and others. 2004. Mgombato (Digo-English-Swahili dictionary).
• Payne, Doris L. 2003. Review of: A dictionary of the Nandi language, by Jane Tapsubei Creider and Chet A. Creider.
• Payne, Doris L. and Leonard Ole-Kotikash. 2005-. Maa (Maasai) online dictionary.  

Discourse analysis

• Payne, Doris L. 2004. "Functions of Maa 'peê' + low tone: a case study of discourse-driven polysemy."

Discourse structure

• Larsen, Iver A. 1991. "Boundary features."

Education

• Trudell, Barbara. 2007. "Local community perspectives and language of education in sub-Saharan African communities."

Ethnobotany

• Nicolle, Steve. 2001. "A comparative study of ethnobotanical taxonomies: Swahili and Digo."
• Nicolle, Steve. 2004. "The relevance of ethnobotanical studies in linguistic vitality: the case of plant use and classification among the Digo of Kenya."

Ethnography

• Arensen, Jonathan E. 1983. Sticks and straw: Comparative house forms in southern Sudan and northern Kenya.  
• Ashdown, Shelley Gay. 2001. The foundational nature of self in Ndorobo world view.
• Castro, Alfonso Peter. 1996. "The political economy of colonial farm forestry in Kenya: The view from Kirinyaga."
• Kipsisey, G. C. 1998. "Conflict resolution among the Sabaot of East Africa."
• Mattah, Naphtaly and Sally Folger Dye. 1997. "Ancestral spirits in Suba life."
• Ommani, John. 2000. "Tharaka female circumcision: a case study in the role of the translation organization."
• Sirya, Stephen. 1994. "Change in the Agiryama world view of living space."
• Taylor, Julie E. 2002. The music of the Sabaot: bridging traditional and Christian contexts.

Ethnomusicology

• Taylor, Julie E. 2002. The music of the Sabaot: bridging traditional and Christian contexts.

Field techniques

• Bergman, Ted G. 1987. "The Summer Institute of Linguistics second language oral proficiency evaluation."

Focus

• Nicolle, Steve. 2002. "Anaphora and focus in Digo."

Folklore, myth and legend

• Nicolle, Alison, translator. 2006. Never provoke a chameleon: Digo beliefs about the animal kingdom.

Functional literacy

• Murai, Martha G. 1989. "Overview of literacy education in Kenya."

Gender (grammatical)

• Payne, Doris L. 1998. "Maasai gender in typological perspective."

Grammatical descriptions

• Larsen, Iver. 1992. Review of: a grammar of Nandi, by Chet A. Creider and Jane T. Creider.

Grammaticalization

• Nicolle, Steve. 2007. "The grammaticalization of tense markers: a pragmatic reanalysis."

Health and hygiene

• Bˀilhazia. 2007. (Kiwilwana)
• Bōōrtaab moo. 1995. (Sabaot)
• Dʼukuba allbaati. 1998. (Borana)
• Dʼukuba allbaati. 1998. (Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji)
• Fyokwa. 1995. (Chiduruma)
• Guyyo Maafi ato kaimatu yoosu due?. 1998. (Borana)
• Guyyo Maafi ato kaimatu yoosu due?. 1998. (Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji)
• Hʼame-hʼame ya makongo na kuryatʼo. 1996. (Chiduruma)
• Humbo ḍya kupfiika. 1995. (Kipfokomo)
• Kut̯i d̯umimba kafwa akiwa muwutsi?. 1995. (Kipfokomo)
• Mwariamu na mwanamisi: maazî masafi. 2007. (Kiwilwana)
• Ndwari zizonayehegwa ni madzi. 1997. (Kipfokomo)
• Ngano ya waḅamu wane. 1995. (Kipfokomo)
• Odu jaallowani afurii. 1998. (Borana)
• Odu jaallowani afurii. 1998. (Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji)
• Olunyalalo. 1995. (Suba)
• Rwaro. 1996. (Kitharaka)
• Ukongo wa kumwaga. 1997. (Kigiryama)
• Ukongo wa kumwaga. 1999. (Kigiryama)

Instructional manuals

• Maenderero ga laloni. 1997. (Kigiryama)

Language classification

• Hinnebusch, Thomas J. 1989. "Bantu."
• Nurse, Derek and Irene Tucker. 2002. "A survey report for the Bantu languages."  

Language distribution

• Sim, Ronald J. 1979. A sociolinguistic profile of the Mt. Kenya Bantu languages.

Language learning

• Barshi, Immanuel and Doris L. Payne. 1998. "Argument structure and Maasai possessive interpretation: implications for language learning."

Language maintenance

• Nicolle, Steve. 2004. "The relevance of ethnobotanical studies in linguistic vitality: the case of plant use and classification among the Digo of Kenya."

Language programs

• Kanyoro, Musimbi. 1989. "The Abaluyia of Kenya; one people, one language: What can be learned from the Luyia project."  

Language surveys

• Nurse, Derek and Irene Tucker. 2002. "A survey report for the Bantu languages."  
• Sim, Ronald J. 1979. A sociolinguistic profile of the Mt. Kenya Bantu languages.
• Sim, Ronald J. 1980. A sociolinguistic profile of Maasai-Samburu-Ilchamus languages.
• Sim, Ronald J. 1991. "Data for good decision making."
• Van Otterloo, Roger. 1979. A Kalenjin dialect study.

Language texts

• Payne, Doris L. 2008-. Maa language project: Kenyan Southern Maasai, Samburu.  

Language use

• Trudell, Barbara. 2007. "Local community perspectives and language of education in sub-Saharan African communities."

Linguistic theory

• Nicolle, Steve. 2007. "Metarepresentational demonstratives in Digo."

Literacy

• Elvery, Noela. 1990. "The Rendille project."

Literacy materials

• Sim, Margaret G. 1979. "The importance of a good orthography in the preparation of literacy materials."

Literacy methods

• Larsen, Alice. 1990. "The matter of learning styles--too crucial to be put off any longer."
• Rempel, Robin. 2004. "Fast, easy, effective primer making! Multi strategy economy model."
• Schroeder, Leila. 2004. "Mother-tongue education in schools in Kenya: some hidden beneficiaries."

Literacy programs

• Lander, James A. and Dorothea Lander. 1991. "‘Cut and paste’ literacy."
• Schroeder, Leila. 2001. "Mother-tongue education in schools in Tharaka language group of Kenya."
• Schroeder, Leila. 2004. "Mother-tongue education in schools in Kenya: some hidden beneficiaries."

Locatives

• Nicolle, Steve. 2002. "The grammaticalisation of movement verbs in Digo and English."

Malaria

• Maleria. 2002. (Chidigo)
• Maleria. 2002. (Digo)

Morphophonemics

• Sim, Ronald J. 1981. "Morphophonemics of the verb in Rendille."

Nouns

• Pillinger, O. Stephen. 1989. Accent, tone and prosodic structure in Rendille, with particular reference to the nominal system.

Numbers

• Ekkaannáan. 1992. (Rendille)
• Kāāyiitiisyēēt. 2001. (Sabaot)
• Kudzifunja kutara kwa Chiduruma. 1995. (Chiduruma)

Orthography

• Kisangʼ, Philemon and Iver Larsen. n.d. Reading and writing Endo: a short introduction to the phonology of the Endo language.
• Omondi, Lucia N. 1993. "Kenya: Introduction."
• Sim, Margaret G. 1979. "The importance of a good orthography in the preparation of literacy materials."
• Sim, Ronald J. 1979. Proposals concerning the Kuria alphabet.

Particles

• Nicolle, Steve. 2000. "Markers of general interpretive use in Amharic and Swahili."

Phonetics

• Guion, Susan G., Mark W. Post and Doris L. Payne. 2004. "Phonetic correlates of tongue root vowel contrasts in Maa."

Phonological descriptions

• Kisangʼ, Philemon and Iver Larsen. n.d. Reading and writing Endo: a short introduction to the phonology of the Endo language.

Possession

• Barshi, Immanuel and Doris L. Payne. 1998. "Argument structure and Maasai possessive interpretation: implications for language learning."
• Barshi, Immanuel and Doris Payne. 1996. "The interpretation of "possessor raising" in a Maasai dialect."
• Payne, Doris L. 1997. "Argument structure and locus of affect in the Maasai external possession construction."
• Payne, Doris L. 1997. "The Maasai external possessor construction."

Prenatal and infant care

• Bûra wûmba gwonkia kaana gaaku. 1998. (Kitharaka)
• Engira enbootu eya okunuunia omwana waao. 1997. (Suba)
• Kēērēērinii laakwa. 1998. (Markweeta)
• Kuamwisa mwana. 1997. (Chidigo)
• Kuamwisa mwana. 1997. (Digo)
• Mrinde mwanao na ukongo mbaya sana. 2003. (Chidigo)
• Mrinde mwanao na ukongo mbaya sana. 2003. (Digo)
• Namuna ya kwamisa nwanao. 1998. (Chiduruma)
• Namuna ya kwamusa mwanao. 1999. (Kipfokomo)
• Okurinda omwana waao kumalwire amawiiwi. 1997. (Suba)

Prereading

• Isíyey!. 1992. (Rendille)
• Koota indaawwannaa. 1995. (Borana)
• Koota indaawwannaa. 1995. (Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji)
• Soonnáan abánni. 1992. (Rendille)
• Tûthoomeni Kîtharaka 1. 1995. (Kitharaka)

Primers

• Igerera olusuba na amiiso gaao. 1996. (Suba)
• Iit kōwōōw koongˀ chikil (Learn to read and write in Marakwet). 2006. (Markweeta)
• Inam ichóow inám. 1993. (Rendille)
• Keesuman ankeesir ām kuutiinyoo kōōtaab 1. 2004. (Sabaot)
• Keesuman ankeesir kuutiinyoo ām kuutiinyoo kōōtaab 2. 2004. (Sabaot)
• Keesuman ankeesir kuutiinyoo, kitaabuutaab 2-4. 1996. (Sabaot)
• Keesuman ankeesir kuutiinyoo, kitaabuutaab taay. 1995. (Sabaot)
• Mayongweezo ya wantu weokudziyongweezani kusoma: chuwo cha d̯ura. 2001. (Kipfokomo)
• Standard one Sabaot Mother Tongue teacher's guide. 2004. (Sabaot)
• Standard two Sabaot mother tongue teacher's guide. 2004. (Sabaot)
• Tûthoomeeni kîîtharaka 1: îbuku rîa kîraci kîa mbere. 2006. (Kitharaka)
• Tûthoomeeni kîîtharaka: îbuku rîa kîraci kîa Biîrî. 2003. (Kitharaka)

Project reports

• Elvery, Noela. 1990. "The Rendille project."
• Ziegler, Lynn. 1990. "Rendille update."

Pronouns

• Loving, Aretta. 1990. "Whatever happened to me? (an objective case study), or The groanings of a grammarian."
• Nicolle, Steve. 2002. "Anaphora and focus in Digo."

Readers

• Alfabeti za kipfokomu. 2003. (Kipfokomo)
• Atiintoonik ākoo chēbotyoonkoochook chēbo Sābāwoot. 1992. (Sabaot)
• Ayu sot̯owa kaona kintu ga?. 2006. (Kipfokomo)
• Bākāchē biich :muchas āk tyoonkoochook alak. 1989. (Sabaot)
• Bākāchē biich :muchas, āk tyoonkōōchook alak. 2001. (Sabaot)
• Chambo cha nsahu. 2007. (Kipfokomo)
• Chēbotyoonkōōch. 2001. (Sabaot)
• Chēēngʼē :Kimutaay ngʼorooryēēt. 2001. (Sabaot)
• Ḍyuma ya namuḍa. 2006. (Kipfokomo)
• Entiangʼi eziri mukialo kiifu. 1995. (Suba)
• Góob Arbele. 1992. (Rendille)
• Guzi ya mama. 2006. (Kipfokomo)
• Hawakae. 2006. (Kipfokomo)
• Hé kúnnaa ʼdedew-, ke ekemeyoká hé ma ereminy. 2000. (Daasanach)
• Hoolá Arbele. 1993. (Rendille)
• Humbo. 2003. (Kipfokomo)
• Iburaîmu. 1998. (Kitharaka)
• Ivuwa eria emvwa. 1999. (Suba)
• Jadi ya muduruma. 1995. (Chiduruma)
• Jíira á riira. 1993. (Rendille)
• Keesuman ankeesir kuutiinyoo ām kōōtaab 3. 2004. (Sabaot)
• Ki tuuyēch :mākoonkook kēny, āk tyoonkōōchook alak. 2001. (Sabaot)
• Ki tuuyēch :mākoonkook kēny. 1989. (Sabaot)
• Kiiberbeer :kibrengʼ kimakeet. 2001. (Sabaot)
• Kikāsyi choorweenyii. 2001. (Sabaot)
• Kimaachamta yeeyiin. 1982. (Sabaot)
• Kiwo :cheeroob sōkōōni. 2001. (Sabaot)
• Kiwo :Kimutaay tuukaani. 2001. (Sabaot)
• KiyƗƗ mwooyƗ: Leekwa meerook /kƗƗmõõntooy ãkoo tyoonkõõchook alak. 1986. (Sabaot)
• Komora kendakud̯oya nkondeye. 2007. (Kipfokomo)
• Maḅamu wawii. 2003. (Kipfokomo)
• Mama kaku?. 2006. (Kipfokomo)
• Matsako. 2006. (Kipfokomo)
• Mazagazi ga muduruma. 1995. (Chiduruma)
• Mbuzi na kisima. 2006. (Kipfokomo)
• Mfwisi na wanawe. 2003. (Kipfokomo)
• Mór ninniká hai guudandha. 2000. (Daasanach)
• Mvoni. 2003. (Kipfokomo)
• Mwana asitsaka sukuli. 2003. (Kipfokomo)
• Mwana mwema. 2006. (Kipfokomo)
• Mwewe na chughe. 2006. (Kipfokomo)
• Nabvise zinonahendwa sirini. 2002. (Kipfokomo)
• Nahusomeni chikwehu. n.d. (Kipfokomo)
• Namuna ya nguu aḍemeyevyo kuyavya ugijo. 2002. (Kipfokomo)
• Ndhumo za kigiryama. 1999. (Kigiryama)
• Ngano za Chiduruma. 1988. (Chiduruma)
• Ngano za Chiduruma. 1995. (Chiduruma)
• Ngano za Kigiryama. 1998. (Kigiryama)
• Ngono cîa kîraci kîa biîrî; Standard 2 storybook. 2006. (Kitharaka)
• Ngono cia kîraci kîa mbere; Standard 1 storybook. 2006. (Kitharaka)
• Ngoot̯o na ngwena. 2003. (Kipfokomo)
• Nguo za nsiku nkuu. 2006. (Kipfokomo)
• Nia mwenga anaphaha uliwali. 2002. (Chidigo)
• Nia mwenga anaphaha uliwali. 2002. (Digo)
• Niminye. 2003. (Kipfokomo)
• Nkajina, kutsu na chuya. 2003. (Kipfokomo)
• Nkuku na mwewe. 2003. (Kipfokomo)
• Nkuku na wanawe. 2006. (Kipfokomo)
• Nsiku ya mama ya kuyavya hara. 2006. (Kipfokomo)
• Nyiro muhiḍu. 2003. (Kipfokomo)
• Okukomania okwa awantu. 1997. (Suba)
• Sungura na Nswize. 2006. (Kipfokomo)
• Tōōnwookik. 2001. (Sabaot)
• Tsana! Kwakuonani kintu ga?. 2003. (Kipfokomo)
• Tsʼi na kazi za muduruma. 1995. (Chiduruma)
• Tûthoomeni kîîtharaka 3: îbuku rîa kîraci kîa bithatû. 2006. (Kitharaka)
• Upfokomo wehu. 1995. (Kipfokomo)
• Vifaya vya Chiduruma vya uimbi na miraye. 1997. (Chiduruma)
• Yeelé Arbele. 1993. (Rendille)
• Yiisyēētaab lēēkōōk ām sukuul. 2001. (Sabaot)
• Zamani za kare... Hadisi na misemo ya Chidigo. 1996. (Chidigo)
• Zamani za kare... Hadisi na misemo ya Chidigo. 1996. (Digo)

Reading

• van Ginkel, Agatha. 2007. "Transfer of reading from the language of wider communication to the first language."

Relevance Theory

• Nicolle, Stephen M. 1996. Conceptual and procedural encoding in relevance theory: a study with reference to English and Kiswahili.
• Nicolle, Steve. 2000. "Markers of general interpretive use in Amharic and Swahili."
• Nicolle, Steve. 2007. "Metarepresentational demonstratives in Digo."

Reported speech

• Larsen, Iver A. 1991. "Quotations and speech introducers in narrative texts."

Reviews

• Larsen, Iver. 1992. Review of: a grammar of Nandi, by Chet A. Creider and Jane T. Creider.
• Payne, Doris L. 1995. Review of: Aspekt im Maa, by Christa Konig.
• Payne, Doris L. 2003. Review of: A dictionary of the Nandi language, by Jane Tapsubei Creider and Chet A. Creider.
• Sim, Ronald J. and Klaus Wedekind. 1982. Review of: Sprachliche Studien zum Rendille, by Günther Schlee.

Riddles

• Vihoḍo. 2006. (Kipfokomo)

Semantic structure analysis

• Nicolle, Stephen M. 1996. Conceptual and procedural encoding in relevance theory: a study with reference to English and Kiswahili.

Semantics

• Nicolle, Steve. 2000. "Markers of general interpretive use in Amharic and Swahili."
• Nicolle, Steve. 2003. "Distal aspects in Bantu languages."
• Payne, Doris L. 2003. "Maa color terms and their use as human descriptors."
• Payne, Doris L., Leonard Ole-Kotikash and A. Keswe Mapena Ole-Lekutit. 2001. "A frame semantics approach to lexemic structure: uncovering the truth abut Maa a-síp."

Sociolinguistics

• Sim, Ronald J. 1980. A sociolinguistic profile of Maasai-Samburu-Ilchamus languages.
• Van Otterloo, Roger and Karen Van Otterloo. 1980. A sociolinguistic study: The Bantu language groups of the Kenya coastal area.

Suprasegmentals

• Karan, Mark E. and Kenneth L. Pike. 1984. "Notes on phonological grouping in Kalengin (Kenya) in relation to tone, intonation patterns, and vowel harmony."
• Pillinger, O. Stephen. 1989. Accent, tone and prosodic structure in Rendille, with particular reference to the nominal system.
• Pillinger, Steve. 1988. "Tone and accent in Rendille: a preliminary investigation."

Syntax

• Payne, Doris L. 1997. "Argument structure and locus of affect in the Maasai external possession construction."

Teacher's guides

• Chōōnii :soboon muut (Learn to read and write in Sabaot). 2006. (Sabaot)
• Standard one Sabaot Mother Tongue teacher's guide. 2004. (Sabaot)
• Standard two Sabaot mother tongue teacher's guide. 2004. (Sabaot)
• Teacher's guide for Keesuman ankeesir kuutiinyoo ām kōōtaab 3 to be used in Standard 3 classes. 2004. (Sabaot)
• Tûthoomeni kîîtharaka 1: îbuku rîa mwarimû. 2006. (Kitharaka)

Textlinguistics

• Larsen, Iver A. 1988. "Did Peter enter the boat (John 21:11)?."

Tone

• Kröger, Heidrun. 2003. "O tom nas línguas Bantu."

Transition primers

• Af ʼDaasanach kí túóy onot (Let’s learn to read ʼDaasanach). 1999. (Daasanach)
• Chōōnii :soboon muut (Learn to read and write in Sabaot). 2006. (Sabaot)
• Kîtharaka i kîega. 1998. (Kitharaka)
• Kiwiilwana kifai. 2007. (Kiwilwana)
• Korooryo ku taay (Reading and writing Sabaot). 1990. (Sabaot)
• Kusoma Chiduruma na tʼadize. 1988. (Chiduruma)
• Kusoma chiduruma na t'adize. 1995. (Chiduruma)
• Kusoma Kidigo. 1996. (Chidigo)
• Kusoma Kidigo. 1996. (Digo)
• Kusoma kipfokomo kunavodha ikwakwamba kumanya kusoma kitsawaa. 1998. (Kipfokomo)
• Nahenza nimanye chikwehu. 1997. (Chiduruma)
• Nahusomeni chidigo. 1998. (Chidigo)
• Nahusomeni chidigo. 1998. (Digo)
• Oduuni soora guraa. 1997. (Borana)
• Oduuni soora guraa. 1997. (Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji)
• Tujifunze kusoma na kuandika KiʼDaasanach afʼDaasanach veeritle kí onot. 1995. (Daasanach)

Translation

• Hill, Margaret. 2000. "Naturalness workshop in Kenya."
• Larsen, Iver A. 1986. "Walking in the Light: a comment on John 11.9-10."
• Larsen, Iver A. 1988. "Did Peter enter the boat (John 21:11)?."
• Larsen, Iver A. 1988. "The use of ‘hina’ in the New Testament, with special reference in the Gospel of John."
• Matthews, Thomas G. 2007. Implicit information in the target language context.

Typology

• Payne, Doris L. 1997. "The Maasai external possessor construction."
• Payne, Doris L. 1998. "Maasai gender in typological perspective."

Verbs

• Nicolle, Steve. 2002. "The grammaticalisation of movement verbs in Digo and English."
• Payne, Doris. 2001. "How to develop a new intransitive: the story of Maa "sip" "make smooth, lick clean, bless, kill, tell the truth", and "be certain"."
• Sim, Ronald J. 1981. "Morphophonemics of the verb in Rendille."

Vocabularies and phrase books

• Mkala Ndurya, Raphael, Stephen Mwatela Mwendwa, John F. Newman, and Bonnie Newman. 1989. Musematʼo wa chiduruma, chidzomba na chizungu (Duruma, Swahili, English dictionary: a dictionary of the Duruma language of Kwale district, Coast province, Kenya).

Voice (grammatical)

• Payne, Doris, Mitsuyo Hamaya and Peter Jacobs. 1994. "Active, inverse and passive in Maasai."

Vowel harmony

• Larsen, Iver A. 1984. "Vowel harmony in Koony."

Word order

• Larsen, Iver A. 1991. "Word order and relative prominence in New Testament Greek."
• Payne, Doris L. 1995. "Verb initial languages and information order."

Workbooks

• Ngono cîa kîraci kîa biîrî; Standard 2 storybook. 2006. (Kitharaka)
• Ngono cia kîraci kîa mbere; Standard 1 storybook. 2006. (Kitharaka)
• Tûthoomeni kîîtharaka 3: îbuku rîa kîraci kîa bithatû. 2006. (Kitharaka)

Writing

• Iit kōwōōw koongˀ chikil (Learn to read and write in Marakwet). 2006. (Markweeta)