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Mali
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Adpositions

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

Agriculture and food production

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

Annotated bibliography

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

Bilingual education

• Bühmann, Dörthe and Barbara Trudell. 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. 1995. "The stranger’s eyes."  

Comparative and historical studies

• Kodio, Koungarma. 1993. "Mali: Introduction."

Connectives

• Carlson, Robert. 1987. "Narrative connectives in Sùpyìré."

Cross-cultural communication

• Carlson, Joyce. 1995. "The stranger’s eyes."  

Education

• Canvin, Margaret. 2003. Language and education in Mali : a consideration of two approaches.
• Trudell, Barbara. 2007. "Local community perspectives and language of education in sub-Saharan African communities."

Ethnography

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

Folklore, myth and legend

• Carlson, Joyce. 1987. "The Supyire pantheon: a comparison with the Central Senufo pantheon."

Functional literacy

• Ben-Barka, Lalla A. 1989. "Mali."

Grammatical descriptions

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

Grammaticalization

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

Instructor's guides

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

Language classification

• Bendor-Samuel, John T., Elizabeth Olsen, and Ann R. White. 1989. "Dogon."
• Dwyer, David J. 1989. "Mande."
• Harrison, Annette. 2003. "Fulfulde language family report."  
• Vydrine, Valentin, T. G. Bergman and Matthew Benjamin. 2000. "Mandé language family of West Africa: location and genetic classification."  

Language policy

• Bühmann, Dörthe and Barbara Trudell. 2008. Mother tongue matters: local language as a key to effective learning.  

Language surveys

• Blühberger, Jutta. 2006. "Rapport d'enquête sociolinguistique des dialectes du Djenaama (aussi appelé Sorogaama)."  
• Harrison, Annette. 2003. "Fulfulde language family report."  
• Hochstetler, J. Lee, J. A. Durieux and E. I. K. Durieux-Boon. 2004. "Sociolinguistic Survey of the Dogon language area."  
• Hochstetler, J. Lee. 1999. "Enquete linguistique sur la langue Duungoma: une langue samogo parlée au Mali et au Burkina Faso."  
• Rueck, Michael J. and Niels Christiansen. 1999. "Northern Songhay languages in Mali and Niger."  
• Smeltzer, Brad. 2001. "Kagoro sociolinguistic survey."  
• Sullivan, Terrence D. 2004. "A preliminary report of existing information on the Manding languages of West Africa: summary and suggestions for future research."  
• Tillinghast, Tim and Matthias Liebrecht. 1999. "Report of a linguistic survey on the Malinké of Western Mali and Senegal with special regard to the Malinké of Kita."  

Language use

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

Literacy programs

• Bühmann, Dörthe and Barbara Trudell. 2008. Mother tongue matters: local language as a key to effective learning.  
• Liesch, Maja. 1996. "Culturally embedded literacy among the Fulani: Is it possible?."

Mood (grammatical)

• Carlson, Robert. 1992. "Narrative, subjunctive, and finiteness."

Orthography

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

Phonological descriptions

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

Phonology

• Eenkhorn-Pilon, Jacqueline, Bart Eenkhoorn and Mama Djilla. 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)

Pronouns

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

Readers

• Baaraago a do xiisa tananu. 2004. (Soninke)  
• Diŋa xayamanganke a do xiisa tananu. 2004. (Soninke)
• Jofoo u a ja jo na yɛ?. 1998. (Senoufo, Supyire)
• 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)
• 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 and Stephen H. Levinsohn. 2003. "Relative clauses in Tadaksahak."  

Role and Reference Grammar

• Carlson, Robert. 1994. A grammar of Supyire.

Semantics

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

Sociolinguistics

• Blühberger, Jutta. 2006. "Rapport d'enquête sociolinguistique des dialectes du Djenaama (aussi appelé Sorogaama)."  
• Hochstetler, J. Lee, J. A. Durieux and E. I. K. Durieux-Boon. 2004. "Sociolinguistic Survey of the Dogon language area."  
• Liesch, Maja. 1996. "Culturally embedded literacy among the Fulani: Is it possible?."
• Smeltzer, Brad. 2001. "Kagoro sociolinguistic survey."  

Suprasegmentals

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

Tense

• Carlson, Robert. 1992. "Narrative, subjunctive, and finiteness."

Tense/Aspect

• Lauschitzky, Christiane. 2007. The verb in Bozo Jenaama.

Tone

• Carlson, Robert. 1983. "Downstep in Supyire."
• Olsen, Elizabeth. 1987. Some aspects of tonal accent in Dogon.

Transition primers

• Wù Mámaàra tì (Miyɛngáa jómɔ pú) taanni (Kʼa daminɛ Bamanankan na ka se Minankakan ma). 1998. (Senoufo, Mamara)

Translation

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

Typology

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

Verb morphology

• Lauschitzky, Christiane. 2007. The verb in Bozo Jenaama.

Verbs

• Christiansen, Niels and Regula Christiansen. 2002. "Some verb morphology features of Tadaksahak, or Berber or Songhay, this is the question."  
• Lauschitzky, Christiane. 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)