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Mali
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Adpositions

• WOLTHUIS, Wilma M. C., author. 2006. Tamasheq prepositions: a semantic analysis of Tamasheq prepositions.

Agriculture and food production

• Kanha shazhɛɛyɛ ni xhùu pɔrigana. 2000.  (Senoufo, Mamara)

Alphabet

• ABC kitaabe sooninkanxannen sigiru. 2008.  (Soninke)

Annotated bibliography

• NICOLE, Jacques; NICOLE, Marie-Claire, authors. 2000. Les peuples voltaïques (gur): bibliographie commentée des peuples parlant les langues voltaïques (ou gur).

Anthropology

• CARLSON, Joyce, author. 1987. Marriage customs among the Supyire.
• CARLSON, Joyce, author. 1987. The Supyire pantheon: a comparison with the Central Senufo pantheon.
• CARLSON, Joyce, author. 1995. The stranger’s eyes.  
• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1999. External causation in Supyire culture.
• HOCHSTETLER, Susan, author. 2012. "Traces d'une culture commune à l'Afrique sub-saharienne dans les valeurs des Jô du Mali et du Burkina Faso."  
• JEMPHREY, Michael, author. 2000. Through the shedding of blood: a comparison of the Levitical and the Supyire concepts of sacrifice.
• JEMPHREY, Miranda, author. 1997. "Knives to razors: female circumcision among the Supyire of Southern Mali."  
• JEMPHREY, Miranda, author. 1997. Knives to razors: Female circumcision among the Supyire of southern Mali.
• NICOLE, Jacques; NICOLE, Marie-Claire, authors. 2000. Les peuples voltaïques (gur): bibliographie commentée des peuples parlant les langues voltaïques (ou gur).
• SMELTZER, Brad, author. Available: 2010; Created: 1993. A review of Soninke cultural sub-systems.

Bilingual education

• BÜHMANN, Dörthe; TRUDELL, Barbara, authors. 2008. La langue maternelle, ça compte ! La langue locale, clé d'un apprentissage efficace.  
• BÜHMANN, Dörthe; TRUDELL, Barbara, authors. 2008. Mother tongue matters: local language as a key to effective learning.  

Calendars

• 1999 yyeeni canmpyaagii tɔrɔŋkani. 1999.  (Senoufo, Supyire)
• 2000 yyeeni canmpyaagii tɔrɔŋkanni. 2000.  (Senoufo, Supyire)
• Ănaxsib n-išilan n-awătay wa n- 1999. 1999.  (Tamasheq)
• Ănaxsib n-išilan n-awătay wa n- 1999. 1999.  (Tamasheq, Kidal)
• Miyɛngáa (Mamaara) kalandiriyé 1999. 1998.  (Senoufo, Mamara)
• Oẓẓawăn n-awatay 2000 (Calendrier Tamasheq 2000). 2000.  (Tamasheq)
• Oẓẓawăn n-awatay 2000 (Calendrier Tamasheq 2000). 2000.  (Tamasheq, Kidal)

Community development

• CARLSON, Joyce, author. 1995. The stranger’s eyes.  

Comparative and historical studies

• KODIO, Koungarma, author. 1993. "Mali: Introduction."

Connectives

• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1987. "Narrative connectives in Sùpyìré."

Cross-cultural communication

• CARLSON, Joyce, author. 1995. The stranger’s eyes.  

Culture and folklore

• Ka yɔ tɛlaaŋ bɛɛ. 2010.  (Jowulu)

Education

• CANVIN, Maggie, author. 2003. Language and education in Mali : a consideration of two approaches.
• TRUDELL, Barbara, author. 2007. "Local community perspectives and language of education in sub-Saharan African communities."

Ethnography

• CARLSON, Joyce, author. 1987. Marriage customs among the Supyire.
• CARLSON, Joyce, author. 1987. The Supyire pantheon: a comparison with the Central Senufo pantheon.
• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1999. External causation in Supyire culture.
• JEMPHREY, Michael, author. 2000. Through the shedding of blood: a comparison of the Levitical and the Supyire concepts of sacrifice.
• JEMPHREY, Miranda, author. 1997. "Knives to razors: female circumcision among the Supyire of Southern Mali."  
• JEMPHREY, Miranda, author. 1997. Knives to razors: Female circumcision among the Supyire of southern Mali.
• NICOLE, Jacques; NICOLE, Marie-Claire, authors. 2000. Les peuples voltaïques (gur): bibliographie commentée des peuples parlant les langues voltaïques (ou gur).
• SMELTZER, Brad, author. Available: 2010; Created: 1993. A review of Soninke cultural sub-systems.

Folklore, myth and legend

• CARLSON, Joyce, author. 1987. The Supyire pantheon: a comparison with the Central Senufo pantheon.

Functional literacy

• BEN-BARKA, Lalla A., author. 1989. Mali.

Grammatical descriptions

• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1990. A grammar of Supyire: Kampwo dialect.
• SULLIVAN, Terrence D., author. 2004. "A preliminary report of existing information on the Manding languages of West Africa: summary and suggestions for future research."  

Grammaticalization

• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1991. "Grammaticalization of postpositions and word order in Senufo languages."

Instructor's guides

• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1998. Wuu Supyire semɛ (Ecrivons le supyiré: Orthographe et grammaire pratiques du supyiré de Kampolondougou).

Language classification

• BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T.; HOOK, Ann; OLSEN, Elizabeth, authors. 1989. "Dogon."
• BERGMAN, Ted G.; VYDRINE, Valentin, authors; BENJAMIN, Matthew, illustrator. 2000. "Mandé language family of West Africa: location and genetic classification."  
• DWYER, David J., author. 1989. "Mande."
• HARRISON, Annette, author. 2003. "Fulfulde language family report."  

Language policy

• BÜHMANN, Dörthe; TRUDELL, Barbara, authors. 2008. La langue maternelle, ça compte ! La langue locale, clé d'un apprentissage efficace.  
• BÜHMANN, Dörthe; TRUDELL, Barbara, authors. 2008. Mother tongue matters: local language as a key to effective learning.  

Language surveys

• BLÜHBERGER, Jutta, author. 2006. "Rapport d'enquête sociolinguistique des dialectes du Djenaama (aussi appelé Sorogaama)."  
• CHRISTIANSEN, Niels; RUECK, Michael J., authors. 1999. "Northern Songhay languages in Mali and Niger."  
• DURIEUX, J. A.; DURIEUX-BOON, E. I. K.; HOCHSTETLER, J. Lee, authors. 2004. "Sociolinguistic Survey of the Dogon language area."  
• HARRISON, Annette, author. 2003. "Fulfulde language family report."  
• HOCHSTETLER, J. Lee, author. 1999. "Enquete linguistique sur la langue Duungoma: une langue samogo parlée au Mali et au Burkina Faso."  
• HOCHSTETLER, J. Lee, author. 2012. "A Sociolinguistic Survey of Eastern Maninkakan, including the Wassulu area."  
• LIEBRECHT, Matthias; TILLINGHAST, Tim, authors. 1999. "Report of a linguistic survey on the Malinké of Western Mali and Senegal with special regard to the Malinké of Kita."  
• SMELTZER, Brad, author. 2001. "Kagoro sociolinguistic survey."  
• SULLIVAN, Terrence D., author. 2004. "A preliminary report of existing information on the Manding languages of West Africa: summary and suggestions for future research."  

Language use

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

Lexicons

• EQUIPE Mamaara, compiler. 2009. Shi jomɔ kafilakaya kpuun: shɔnhɔrɔ/mamaara ni tubabukan/mamaara = Lexique bambara/mamara et lexique français/mamara en langue minyanka de la République du Mali .

Linguistics

• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1983. "Downstep in Supyire."
• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1987. "Narrative connectives in Sùpyìré."
• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1990. A grammar of Supyire: Kampwo dialect.
• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1991. "Grammaticalization of postpositions and word order in Senufo languages."
• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1992. "Narrative, subjunctive, and finiteness."
• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1993. "A sketch of Jɔ: a Mande language with a feminine pronoun."
• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1994. A grammar of Supyire.
• CHRISTIANSEN, Niels; CHRISTIANSEN, Regula, authors. 2002. Some verb morphology features of Tadaksahak, or Berber or Songhay, this is the question.  
• CHRISTIANSEN, Regula; LEVINSOHN, Stephen H., authors. 2003. Relative clauses in Tadaksahak.  
• DJILLA, Mama; EENKHOORN, Bart; EENKHOORN-PILON, Jacqueline, authors. 2004. Phonologie du jôwulu ("samogho"): langue mandé du Mali et du Burkina Faso.  
• EQUIPE Mamaara, compiler. 2009. Shi jomɔ kafilakaya kpuun: shɔnhɔrɔ/mamaara ni tubabukan/mamaara = Lexique bambara/mamara et lexique français/mamara en langue minyanka de la République du Mali .
• KODIO, Koungarma, author. 1993. "Mali: Introduction."
• LAUSCHITZKY, Christiane, author. 2007. The verb in Bozo Jenaama.
• OLSEN, Elizabeth, author. 1987. Some aspects of tonal accent in Dogon.
• SULLIVAN, Terrence D., author. 2004. "A preliminary report of existing information on the Manding languages of West Africa: summary and suggestions for future research."  
• WOLTHUIS, Wilma M. C., author. 2006. Tamasheq prepositions: a semantic analysis of Tamasheq prepositions.

Literacy

• BEN-BARKA, Lalla A., author. 1989. Mali.
• BÜHMANN, Dörthe; TRUDELL, Barbara, authors. 2008. La langue maternelle, ça compte ! La langue locale, clé d'un apprentissage efficace.  
• BÜHMANN, Dörthe; TRUDELL, Barbara, authors. 2008. Mother tongue matters: local language as a key to effective learning.  
• CANVIN, Maggie, author. 2003. Language and education in Mali : a consideration of two approaches.
• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1998. Wuu Supyire semɛ (Ecrivons le supyiré: Orthographe et grammaire pratiques du supyiré de Kampolondougou).
• KODIO, Koungarma, author. 1993. "Mali: Introduction."
• LIESCH, Maja, author. 1996. Culturally embedded literacy among the Fulani: Is it possible?.
• TRUDELL, Barbara, author. 2007. "Local community perspectives and language of education in sub-Saharan African communities."

Literacy programs

• BÜHMANN, Dörthe; TRUDELL, Barbara, authors. 2008. La langue maternelle, ça compte ! La langue locale, clé d'un apprentissage efficace.  
• BÜHMANN, Dörthe; TRUDELL, Barbara, authors. 2008. Mother tongue matters: local language as a key to effective learning.  
• LIESCH, Maja, author. 1996. Culturally embedded literacy among the Fulani: Is it possible?.

Mood (grammatical)

• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1992. "Narrative, subjunctive, and finiteness."

Orthography

• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1998. Wuu Supyire semɛ (Ecrivons le supyiré: Orthographe et grammaire pratiques du supyiré de Kampolondougou).
• KODIO, Koungarma, author. 1993. "Mali: Introduction."

Phonological descriptions

• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1993. "A sketch of Jɔ: a Mande language with a feminine pronoun."

Phonology

• DJILLA, Mama; EENKHOORN, Bart; EENKHOORN-PILON, Jacqueline, authors. 2004. Phonologie du jôwulu ("samogho"): langue mandé du Mali et du Burkina Faso.  

Prereading

• Miyɛngáa kálaa nɔ-kɔɔnrɔ sémi (Minankakan kalan nɛbila sɛbɛn). 1996.  (Senoufo, Mamara)
• Xarankitaabe 1. 2010.  (Soninke)

Primers

• Mamaara (Miyɛngaa Jomɔ Pu) Taanni Taanni Semi (Minankakan kalanni sɛbɛn fɔlɔ). 2009.  (Senoufo, Mamara)
• Qarankitaabe 2: kinbakkansooninkanqanne. 2011.  (Soninke)
• Xarankitaabe 2: Gidimaxa - Sooninkanxanne. 2011.  (Soninke)
• Xarankitaabe 2: Sooninkanxanne - Gemuxanne. 2011.  (Soninke)

Pronouns

• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1993. "A sketch of Jɔ: a Mande language with a feminine pronoun."

Readers

• ABC kitaabe sooninkanxannen sigiru. 2008.  (Soninke)
• Baaraago a do xiisa tananu. 2004.  (Soninke)  
• Diŋa xayamanganke a do xiisa tananu. 2004.  (Soninke)
• Gansoyi xiisa: gansoyi debu: bafarara, banbella, bangesi, bulli, selifeli, tiisi gansoyi, kumarufara (gidimaxa, Maali do Murutaane). 2010.  (Soninke)  
• Jofoo u a ja jo na yɛ?. 1998.  (Senoufo, Supyire)
• Ka yɔ tɛlaaŋ bɛɛ. 2010.  (Jowulu)
• Mamaara (Miyɛngaa jomɔ pu) taanni taanni semi (Minankakan kalanni sɛben). 1999.  (Senoufo, Mamara)
• Mamaara kalaa wu tayerege shuun wogo ki wo semi. 2001.  (Senoufo, Mamara)
• Naankwɔɔncɛɛra. 2010.  (Jowulu)
• Ponɔ na ɲɛ shɔgɔ funŋɔ ni. 1999.  (Senoufo, Mamara)
• Sige yakanhaya. 2000.  (Senoufo, Mamara)
• Siisaaxon do Janxa: tagaaxun joppeye a do xiisa tananu. 2004.  (Soninke)  
• Siixu umoru fuutanken xiisa. 2004.  (Soninke)  
• Supyire ŋwɔhɔyi 1. 1998.  (Senoufo, Supyire)
• Wù giraya cee!. 1999.  (Senoufo, Mamara)

Relative clauses

• CHRISTIANSEN, Regula; LEVINSOHN, Stephen H., authors. 2003. Relative clauses in Tadaksahak.  

Role and Reference Grammar

• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1994. A grammar of Supyire.

Semantics

• WOLTHUIS, Wilma M. C., author. 2006. Tamasheq prepositions: a semantic analysis of Tamasheq prepositions.

Social studies

• Gansoyi xiisa: gansoyi debu: bafarara, banbella, bangesi, bulli, selifeli, tiisi gansoyi, kumarufara (gidimaxa, Maali do Murutaane). 2010.  (Soninke)  

Sociolinguistics

• BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T.; HOOK, Ann; OLSEN, Elizabeth, authors. 1989. "Dogon."
• BERGMAN, Ted G.; VYDRINE, Valentin, authors; BENJAMIN, Matthew, illustrator. 2000. "Mandé language family of West Africa: location and genetic classification."  
• BLÜHBERGER, Jutta, author. 2006. "Rapport d'enquête sociolinguistique des dialectes du Djenaama (aussi appelé Sorogaama)."  
• BÜHMANN, Dörthe; TRUDELL, Barbara, authors. 2008. La langue maternelle, ça compte ! La langue locale, clé d'un apprentissage efficace.  
• BÜHMANN, Dörthe; TRUDELL, Barbara, authors. 2008. Mother tongue matters: local language as a key to effective learning.  
• CHRISTIANSEN, Niels; RUECK, Michael J., authors. 1999. "Northern Songhay languages in Mali and Niger."  
• DURIEUX, J. A.; DURIEUX-BOON, E. I. K.; HOCHSTETLER, J. Lee, authors. 2004. "Sociolinguistic Survey of the Dogon language area."  
• DWYER, David J., author. 1989. "Mande."
• HARRISON, Annette, author. 2003. "Fulfulde language family report."  
• HOCHSTETLER, J. Lee, author. 1999. "Enquete linguistique sur la langue Duungoma: une langue samogo parlée au Mali et au Burkina Faso."  
• HOCHSTETLER, J. Lee, author. 2012. "A Sociolinguistic Survey of Eastern Maninkakan, including the Wassulu area."  
• LIEBRECHT, Matthias; TILLINGHAST, Tim, authors. 1999. "Report of a linguistic survey on the Malinké of Western Mali and Senegal with special regard to the Malinké of Kita."  
• LIESCH, Maja, author. 1996. Culturally embedded literacy among the Fulani: Is it possible?.
• SMELTZER, Brad, author. 2001. "Kagoro sociolinguistic survey."  
• SULLIVAN, Terrence D., author. 2004. "A preliminary report of existing information on the Manding languages of West Africa: summary and suggestions for future research."  
• TRUDELL, Barbara, author. 2007. "Local community perspectives and language of education in sub-Saharan African communities."

Songs

• Yii mɛɛ nivɔnnɔ cêe kafooŋi á. 2009.  (Senoufo, Supyire)

Suprasegmentals

• OLSEN, Elizabeth, author. 1987. Some aspects of tonal accent in Dogon.

Tense

• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1992. "Narrative, subjunctive, and finiteness."

Tense/Aspect

• LAUSCHITZKY, Christiane, author. 2007. The verb in Bozo Jenaama.

Tone

• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1983. "Downstep in Supyire."
• OLSEN, Elizabeth, author. 1987. Some aspects of tonal accent in Dogon.

Training

• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1998. Wuu Supyire semɛ (Ecrivons le supyiré: Orthographe et grammaire pratiques du supyiré de Kampolondougou).

Transition primers

• Lisons le fulfulde: guide pour apprendre à lire en langue peule. 2010.  (Fulfulde, Maasina)
• Wù Mámaàra tì (Miyɛngáa jómɔ pú) taanni (Kʼa daminɛ Bamanankan na ka se Minankakan ma). 1998.  (Senoufo, Mamara)

Translation

• JEMPHREY, Michael, author. 2000. Through the shedding of blood: a comparison of the Levitical and the Supyire concepts of sacrifice.
• JEMPHREY, Michael, author. 2007. "Translating the Levitical sacrifices."  

Typology

• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1991. "Grammaticalization of postpositions and word order in Senufo languages."

Verb morphology

• LAUSCHITZKY, Christiane, author. 2007. The verb in Bozo Jenaama.

Verbs

• CHRISTIANSEN, Niels; CHRISTIANSEN, Regula, authors. 2002. Some verb morphology features of Tadaksahak, or Berber or Songhay, this is the question.  
• LAUSCHITZKY, Christiane, author. 2007. The verb in Bozo Jenaama.

Vocabulary

• ɲwɔkanbwuunni: Supyire - tubabushɛɛnre, Tubabushɛɛnre - Supyire (Lexique de l'orthographe Supyire; Supyire - Français, Français - Supyire. 2003.  (Senoufo, Supyire)

Writing

• Mamaara (Miyɛngaa jomɔ pu) taanni taanni semi (Minankakan kalanni sɛben). 1999.  (Senoufo, Mamara)