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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. 1983. "L’abouré."
• Burmeister, Jonathan L. 1983. "L’agni."
• Burmeister, Jonathan L. 1983. "Volta-Bandama language structures."
• Kutsch Lojenga, Constance and Elisabeth Hood. 1983. "L’attié."
• Marchese, Lynell and Ann Hook. 1983. "Enquete dialectale en pays aïzi."
• Tresbarats, Chantal. 1983. "L’abidji."
• Werle, Johannes-Martin, A. R. Hook and Gnoléba Zogbo. 1977. Enquete dialectale Bété.

Sudan

• Arensen, Jonathan E. 1989. "On comparing language relationships: a case study of Murle, Kacipo, and Tirma."
• Duerksen, John. 1997. "Dinka dialects: a preliminary report."
• Roettger, Larry and Lisa Roettger. 1989. "A Dinka dialect study."
• Wise, Mary Ruth and Richard L. Watson, editors. 1989. Occasional papers in the study of Sudanese languages no. 6.  

Tanzania

• Eaton, Helen, Daniel Hunziker and Elisabeth Hunziker. 2007. "A Sandawe dialect survey."  

Americas

Brazil

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

Chile

• Croese, Robert A. 1985. "Mapuche dialect survey."

Ecuador

• Landerman, Peter N. 1991. Quechua dialects and their classification.

Guatemala

• Collins, Wesley M. 1988. "Un resumen sobre Una encuesta dialectal en el área mam de Guatemala."
• Godfrey, Thomas J. and Wesley M. Collins, editors. 1987. Una encuesta dialectal en el área mam de Guatemala.

Peru

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

Asia

Bangladesh

• Brightbill, Jeremy, Amy Kim and Seung Kim. 2007. "The War-Jaintia in Bangladesh: a sociolinguistic survey."  

China

• Allen, Bryan. 2007. "Bai dialect survey."  
• Allen, Bryan; Zhang Xia, translator. 2004. Bai dialect survey (Baiyu fangyan yanjiu).

India

• Beine, David K. 1994. A sociolinguistic survey of the Gondi-speaking communities of central India.
• Brightbill, Jeremy D. and Scott D. Turner. 2007. "A sociolinguistic survey of the Dogri language, Jammu and Kashmir."  

Indonesia

• Anderbeck, Karl Ronald. 2008. Malay dialects of the Batanghari river basin (Jambi, Sumatra).  
• Friberg, Timothy and Barbara Friberg. 1988. "A dialect geography of Bugis."
• Laskowske, Thomas V. and Kathryn B. Laskowske. 1987. "Survei bahasa daerah Seko."
• Martens, Michael P. 1987. "Dialek bahasa Uma."

Malaysia

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

Myanmar

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

Pakistan

• Backstrom, Peter C. 1992. "Balti."
• Backstrom, Peter C. 1992. "Burushaski."
• Decker, Kendall D. 1992. Languages of Chitral.  
• Hallberg, Calinda E. and Clare F. O’Leary. 1992. "Dialect variation and multilingualism among Gujars of Pakistan."
• Hallberg, Daniel G. 1992. "The languages of Indus Kohistan."
• Hallberg, Daniel G. 1992. Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri.  
• Radloff, Carla F. 1992. "The dialects of Shina."
• Rensch, Calvin R. 1992. "Patterns of language use among the Kohistanis of the Swat Valley."

Tajikistan

• Abbess, Elisabeth and others. 2005. "Literacy and the vernacular in Tajik Badakhshan: research into Rushani, Khufi, Bartangi and Roshorvi."

Thailand

• Nahhas, Ramzi W. 2007. "Sociolinguistic survey of Mpi in Thailand."  
• van der Haak, Feikje and Brigitte Woykos. 1990. "Kui dialect survey in Surin and Sisaket."  

Pacific

Papua New Guinea

• Abbott, Stan. 1985. "Nor-Pondo lexicostatistical survey."
• Adams, Karen L. and Linda M. Lauck. 1985. "Dialect survey of Mumeng dialect chain."
• Bradshaw, Robert L. 2009. Doromu-Koki dialect survey report.  
• Davies, H. John and Bernard Comrie. 1985. "A linguistic survey of the Upper Yuat."
• Dubert, Marjorie and Raymond Dubert. 2008. Dialect survey of the Biangai language.  
• Feldpausch, Tom and Becky Feldpausch. 2009. Dialect survey of the Namia language.  
• Foreman, Velma. 1978. Yessan-Mayo dialect survey.  
• Huckett, Joyce. n.d.. Dialects of the Iduna language.  
• Loving, Richard, editor. 1976. Surveys in five P.N.G. languages.
• Roberts, John R. 1991. "A study of the dialects of Amele."
• Routamaa, Iska and Judy Routamaa. 1996. Dialect survey report of the Kamula language, Western province.  
• Sanders, Joy and Arden G. Sanders. 1980. "Dialect survey of the Kamasau language."
• Scorza, David. 1980. Au dialect survey report.  
• Southwell, Neville and Gwyneth Southwell. 1976. Komba dialect survey.