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Dialect surveys

Index of SIL publications on Dialect surveys listed by country.

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Africa

Côte d’Ivoire

• BURMEISTER, Jonathan L., author. 1983. "L’abouré."
• BURMEISTER, Jonathan L., author. 1983. "L’agni."
• BURMEISTER, Jonathan L., author. 1983. "Volta-Bandama language structures."
• HOOD, Elizabeth; KUTSCH LOJENGA, Constance, authors. 1983. "L’attié."
• HOOK, Ann; MARCHESE, Lynell, authors. 1983. "Enquete dialectale en pays aïzi."
• HOOK, Ann; WERLE, J. M.; ZOGBO, Gnoléba, authors. 1977. Enquete dialectale Bété.
• TRESBARATS, Chantal, author. 1983. "L’abidji."

Sudan

• ARENSEN, Jonathan E., author. 1989. "On comparing language relationships: a case study of Murle, Kacipo, and Tirma."
• DUERKSEN, John L., author. 1997. "Dinka dialects: a preliminary report."
• ROETTGER, Larry; ROETTGER, Lisa, authors. 1989. "A Dinka dialect study."
• WATSON, Richard L.; WISE, Mary Ruth, editors. 1989. Occasional papers in the study of Sudanese languages no. 6.

Tanzania

• EATON, Helen; HUNZIKER, Daniel; HUNZIKER, Elisabeth, authors. 2007. "A Sandawe dialect survey."  

Americas

Brazil

• CROFTS, Marjorie, author. 1974. A plea to do discourse analysis now.
• WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1978. "Os dialetos da língua kaingáng e o xokléng."

Chile

• CROESE, Robert A., author. 1985. "Mapuche dialect survey."

Ecuador

• LANDERMAN, Peter N., author. 1991. Quechua dialects and their classification.

Guatemala

• COLLINS, Wesley M., author. 1988. "Un resumen sobre Una encuesta dialectal en el área mam de Guatemala."
• COLLINS, Wesley M.; GODFREY, Thomas J., editors. 1987. Una encuesta dialectal en el área mam de Guatemala.  

Peru

• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1985. "The interpretation of relationships among Quechua dialects."
• LANDERMAN, Peter N., author. 1991. Quechua dialects and their classification.
• WATERS, Ann, author. 1990. "La función de las encuestas en programas de alfabetización."  

Asia

Bangladesh

• BRIGHTBILL, Jeremy; KIM, Amy; KIM, Seung, authors. 2007. "The War-Jaintia in Bangladesh: a sociolinguistic survey."  

China

• ALLEN, Bryan, author. 2007. "Bai dialect survey."  
• ALLEN, Bryan, author; ZHANG Xia, translator. 2004. Bai dialect survey (Baiyu fangyan yanjiu).

India

• BEINE, Dave K., author. 1994. A sociolinguistic survey of the Gondi-speaking communities of central India.
• BRIGHTBILL, Jeremy; TURNER, Scott D., authors. 2007. "A sociolinguistic survey of the Dogri language, Jammu and Kashmir."  

Indonesia

• ANDERBECK, Karl Ronald, author. 2008. Malay dialects of the Batanghari river basin (Jambi, Sumatra).  
• FRIBERG, Barbara; FRIBERG, Timothy, authors. 1988. "A dialect geography of Bugis."
• LASKOWSKE, Kathryn B.; LASKOWSKE, Thomas V., authors. 1987. "Survei bahasa daerah Seko."
• MARTENS, Michael P., author. 1987. "Dialek bahasa Uma."

Malaysia

• KROEGER, Paul R., author. 1991. "National language comprehension in rural Sabah."

Myanmar

• HOPPLE, Paulette, author. 1988. "In their own language: finding communication centers among selected dialects of Wa."

Pakistan

• BACKSTROM, Peter C., author. 1992. "Balti."
• BACKSTROM, Peter C., author. 1992. "Burushaski."
• DECKER, Kendall D., author. 1992. Languages of Chitral.  
• HALLBERG, Calinda E.; O'LEARY, Clare F., authors. 1992. "Dialect variation and multilingualism among Gujars of Pakistan."
• HALLBERG, Daniel G., author. 1992. "The languages of Indus Kohistan."
• HALLBERG, Daniel G., author. 1992. Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri.  
• RADLOFF, Carla F., author. 1992. "The dialects of Shina."
• RENSCH, Calvin R., author. 1992. "Patterns of language use among the Kohistanis of the Swat Valley."

Tajikistan

• ABBESS, Elisabeth; MÜLLER, Katja; PAUL, Daniel; TIESSEN, Calvin; TIESSEN, Gabriela, authors. 2005. "Literacy and the vernacular in Tajik Badakhshan: research into Rushani, Khufi, Bartangi and Roshorvi."

Thailand

• HAAK, Feikje van der; WOYKOS, Brigitte, authors. 1990. "Kui dialect survey in Surin and Sisaket."  
• NAHHAS, Ramzi W., author. 2007. "Sociolinguistic survey of Mpi in Thailand."  

Pacific

Papua New Guinea

• ABBOTT, Stan, author. 1985. "Nor-Pondo lexicostatistical survey."
• ADAMS, Karen L.; LAUCK, Linda M., authors. 1985. "Dialect survey of Mumeng dialect chain."
• BRADSHAW, Robert, author. 2009. Doromu-Koki dialect survey report.  
• COMRIE, Bernard; DAVIES, H. John, authors. 1985. "A linguistic survey of the Upper Yuat."
• DUBERT, Marjorie; DUBERT, Raymond, authors. Available: 2008; Created: 1981. Dialect survey of the Biangai language.  
• DUTTON, Tom, author. 2010. "The dialects of Koiari revisited."  
• EZARD, Bryan, author. Available: 2009; Created: 1981-10. The Tawala dialects: an initial enquiry.  
• FELDPAUSCH, Becky; FELDPAUSCH, Thomas, authors. Available: 2009; Created: 1999. Dialect survey of the Namia language.  
• FOREMAN, Velma M., author. Available: 2007; Created: 1978-03. Yessan-Mayo dialect survey.  
• GRAHAM, Mack, author. Available: 2009; Created: 1998. Dialect survey of the Kandawo language, Western Highlands Province.  
• HENRY, Joan, author. Available: 2009; Created: 2000-03. Dialect survey - Kombio language: East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea.  
• HUCKETT, Joyce, author. 2008. Dialects of the Iduna language.  
• LOVING, Richard, editor. 1976. Surveys in five P.N.G. languages.
• RATH, Daniel D., author. Available: 2009; Created: 1991. Mengen dialect survey.  
• ROBERTS, John R., author. 1991. "A study of the dialects of Amele."
• ROUTAMAA, Ismo; ROUTAMAA, Judith, authors. Available: 2008; Created: 1996-07. Dialect survey report of the Kamula language, Western province.  
• SANDERS, Arden G.; SANDERS, Joy, authors. 1980. "Dialect survey of the Kamasau language."
• SCORZA, David P., author. Available: 2008; Created: 1980. Au dialect survey report.  
• SOUTHWELL, Gwyneth; SOUTHWELL, Neville, authors. Available: 2008; Created: 1976. Komba dialect survey.  
• STOBER, Scot, author. Available: 2009; Created: 2005. Mato dialect survey: Morobe province.