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Language distribution

Index of SIL publications on Language distribution listed by country.

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General works

• AGARD, Frederick B.; GRIMES, Joseph E., authors. 1959. "Linguistic divergence in Romance."
• BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T., author. 1971. "Niger-Congo: Gur."
• BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T.; HARTELL, Rhonda L., editors. 1989. The Niger-Congo languages: a classification and description of Africa’s largest language family.
• EDMONDSON, Jerold A.; FEAGIN, Crawford; MÜHLHÄUSLER, Peter, editors. 1990. Development and diversity: Language variation across time and space (A Festschrift for Charles-James N. Bailey).  
• EDMONDSON, Jerold A.; SOLNIT, David B., editors. 1997. Comparative Kadai: The Tai Branch.  
• GORDON, Raymond G.; GRIMES, Barbara F., editors. 2005. Ethnologue: languages of the world.
• GRIMES, Barbara F., author. 1987. Review of: Statistical report on the languages of the world as of 1985, by Gyula Decsy.
• GRIMES, Barbara F., author. 1997. "The ’Ethnologue’, language surveys, and sociolinguistics."
• GRIMES, Barbara F., author. 2001. Global language viability: causes, symptoms and cures for endangered languages.
• GRIMES, Barbara F., editor. 1988. Ethnologue index. 11th ed.
• GRIMES, Barbara F., editor. 1988. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 11th ed.
• GRIMES, Barbara F., editor. 1992. Ethnologue Index [Twelfth edition].
• GRIMES, Barbara F., editor. 1992. Ethnologue: Languages of the world [Twelfth edition].
• GRIMES, Barbara F., editor. 1996. Ethnologue: Languages of the world [thirteenth edition].
• GRIMES, Barbara F.; GRIMES, Joseph E., editors. 2000. Ethnologue. Volume 1: languages of the world; volume 2: maps and indexes [14th ed.].
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1974. Word lists and languages.
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1986. "Area norms of language size."
• LEWIS, M. Paul, editor. 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World.  
• LONGACRE, Robert E., author. 1960. Review of: Mapas de clasificación lingüística de México y las Americas, by Morris Swadesh.
• NELSON, Laurie, compiler. 1995. Living languages of the Americas, combined volume.
• NELSON, Laurie, compiler. 1995. Living languages of the Americas, vol. 1: Caribbean Islands.
• NELSON, Laurie, compiler. 1995. Living languages of the Americas, vol. 3: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
• NELSON, Laurie, compiler. 1995. Living languages of the Americas, vol. 4: Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela.
• NELSON, Laurie, compiler. 1995. Living languages of the Americas, vol. 5: Bolivia.
• NELSON, Laurie, compiler. 1995. Living languages of the Americas, vol. 6: Brazil.
• NELSON, Laurie, compiler. 1995. Living languages of the Americas, vol. 7: Canada.
• O’HERIN, Brian, author. 2009. Review of: Empires of the world: a language history of the world, by Nicholas Ostler.  
• OLSON, Kenneth S.; WILLIAMSON, Kay, authors. 2007. "Languages: Niger-Congo."
• ROSS, Malcolm, author. 1995. "Diachronic typology and changing paradigms in historical linguistics: a review article of ‘Linguistic diversity in space and time’."

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Cameroon

• JOHNSON, Ann E., author. 1990. Can language standardization be promoted on the local level in Cameroon?.

Côte d’Ivoire

• BOLLI, Margrit; FRICK, Esther, authors. 1971. "Inventaire préliminaire des langues et dialectes en Côte d’Ivoire."
• CARLSON, Robert, author. 1985. Review of: Atlas des langues gur de Cote d’Ivoire, Emmanuel N. A. Mensah and Zakari Tchagbale, editors.
• MARCHESE, Lynell, author. 1978. Atlas linguistique kru: Essai de typologie.

Ethiopia

• UNSETH, Peter, author. 1985. "Gumuz: a dialect survey report."
• WEDEKIND, Klaus, author. 1985. "Thoughts when drawing a map of tone languages."
• WEDEKIND, Klaus, author. 1995. "A note on Amuru."
• YILMA, Aklilu, author. 2002. "Pilot survey of bilingualism in Yem."  

Ghana

• ARANA, Evangelina; BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T.; SWADESH, Morris; WILSON, W. A. A., authors. 1966. "A preliminary glottochronology of Gur languages."
• HALL, Edward, author. 1983. Ghanian languages.

Kenya

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

Nigeria

• BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T.; HANSFORD, Keir; STANFORD, Ronald, authors. 1976. "A provisional language map of Nigeria."
• BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T.; HANSFORD, Keir; STANFORD, Ronald, authors. 1976. An index of Nigerian languages.
• BLENCH, Roger M.; CROZIER, David H., editors. 1992. An index of Nigerian languages.

Sudan

• PERSSON, Andrew M., author. 1984. "The relationships of the languages of the Sudan."
• UNSETH, Peter, author. 1985. Review of: Nilo-Saharan language studies, M. Lionel Bender, editor.

Americas

Argentina

• NELSON, Laurie, compiler. 1995. Living languages of the Americas, vol. 2: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay.

Brazil

• GUDSCHINSKY, Sarah C., author. 1973. Review of: The origin and diversification of language, by Morris Swadesh and Joel Sherzer.
• MEADER, Robert E., author; LEITE, Yonne, translator. 1978. Indios do Nordeste: Levantamento sobre os remanescentes tribais do nordeste brasileiro.  

Canada

• Anonymous. 1974. Central Carrier country; British Columbia, Canada.
• GILSTRAP, Roger L., author. 1978. Algonquin dialect relationships in northwestern Quebec.

Chile

• CROESE, Robert A., author. 1980. "Estudio dialectológico del mapuche."
• CROESE, Robert A., author. 1983. "Algunos resultados de un trabajo de campo sobre las actitudes de los mapuches frente a su lengua materna."
• NELSON, Laurie, compiler. 1995. Living languages of the Americas, vol. 2: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay.

Colombia

• NELSON, Laurie, compiler. 1995. Living languages of the Americas, vol. 8: Colombia.

Ecuador

• NELSON, Laurie, compiler. 1995. Living languages of the Americas, vol. 9: Ecuador.

Guatemala

• ECHERD, Stephen M.; HENNE, Marilyn G.; JOHNSON, Merieta K.; LEWIS, M. Paul, authors. 1990. Indigenous languages and their major dialects: Criteria and applications to the Guatemalan context (report to the Commission for Indigenous Communities of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala).
• NELSON, Laurie, compiler. 1995. Living languages of the Americas, vol. 10: Guatemala.

Mexico

• BRADLEY, C. Henry, author. 1968. "A method for determining dialectal boundaries and relationships."
• BRADLEY, C. Henry, author. 1969. "Metodología y práctica para determinar afinidades dialectales."
• CASAD, Eugene H., author. 1986. Review of: The Mesoamerican Indian languages, by Jorge A. Suárez.
• CASAD, Eugene H.; DEDRICK, John M., authors. 1999. Sonora Yaqui language structures.
• COWAN, George M., author. 1951. "El panorama indígena en América visto a través del Instituto Lingüístico de Verano."
• DAKIN, Karen, author. 1994. "La familia Yutoazteca: Una visión de lo que hay y de lo que falta hacer."
• GUDSCHINSKY, Sarah C., author. 1967. "Environmental correlational studies."
• GUDSCHINSKY, Sarah C., author. 1973. Review of: The origin and diversification of language, by Morris Swadesh and Joel Sherzer.
• KEY, Harold, author. 1952. "Algunas observaciones preliminares de la distribución dialectal del nahuatl en el área Hidalgo-Veracruz-Puebla."
• LATHROP, Maxwell D., author. 1937. "Report of a partial study of the Tarascan dialect."
• LONGACRE, Robert E., author. 1966. "Mixtec."
• NELSON, Laurie, compiler. 1995. Living languages of the Americas, vol. 11: Mexico.
• ROBBINS, Frank E., author. 1986. "How many languages?."
• SMITH STARK, Thomas C., author. 1995. "El estado actual de los estudios de las lenguas mixtecanas y zapotecanas."
• WONDERLY, William L., author. 1947. Review of: Mapas lingüísticos de la República Mexicana, by Author unknown.

Panama

• AROSEMENA B., Melquíades A., author. 1977. "¿Cuántas son, en realidad, las lenguas indígenas de Panamá?."
• BAPTISTA, Priscilla M., editor. 1974. Sistemas fonológicos.

Paraguay

• NELSON, Laurie, compiler. 1995. Living languages of the Americas, vol. 2: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay.

Peru

• COOMBS, David M., author. 1986. "El quechua de Cajamarca."
• FAST, Peter W., author. 1961. Distribución geográfica de 30 naciones aborígenes en la Amazonía peruana.
• FAST, Peter W., author. 1974. "Geographical distribution of 30 aboriginal peoples in Peruvian Amazonia."
• NELSON, Laurie, compiler. 1995. Living languages of the Americas, vol. 12: Peru.
• SHELL, Olive A., author. 1959. Grupos idiomáticos de la selva peruana.
• SHELL, Olive A.; WISE, Mary Ruth, authors. 1971. Grupos idiomáticos del Perú.
• WISE, Mary Ruth, author. 1975. Datos suplementarios sobre ‘Grupos idiomáticos del Perú’.
• WISE, Mary Ruth, author. 1985. "Indigenous languages of lowland Peru: History and current status."

United States

• NELSON, Laurie, compiler. 1995. Living languages of the Americas, vol. 13: United States of America.

Uruguay

• NELSON, Laurie, compiler. 1995. Living languages of the Americas, vol. 2: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay.

Asia

China

• BAUER, Robert S., author. 1998. Review of: Zhongguó menggāo mían yuzú yuyán yu nányà yukì (China’s Mon-Khmer languages and the Austroasiatic language family), by Yan Qixiang and Zhou Zhizhi.  
• EDMONDSON, Jerold A.; SOLNIT, David B., authors. 1997. "Introduction."
• FINE, Cathryn, author. 2009. "Regional variation in Lalo: beyond east and west."  
• WEI Xingyun; ZHANG Yuansheng, authors. 1997. "Regional variants and vernaculars in Zhuang."

India

• HUGONIOT, Richard D., compiler. 1970. A bibliographical index of the lesser known languages and dialects of India and Nepal.

Indonesia

• BARR, Donald F.; BARR, Sharon G.; SALOMBE, C., authors. 1979. Languages of central Sulawesi: Checklist, preliminary classification, language maps, wordlists.
• CLOUSE, Heljä; SILZER, Peter J., compilers. 1984. Index of Irian Jaya languages.  
• CLOUSE, Heljä; SILZER, Peter J., compilers. 1991. Index of Irian Jaya languages.
• FRIBERG, Barbara; FRIBERG, Timothy, authors. 1985. "Geografi dialek bahasa Bugis."
• FRIBERG, Barbara; FRIBERG, Timothy, authors. 1988. "A dialect geography of Bugis."
• GRIMES, Charles E., author. 1996. "Indonesian—the official language of a multilingual nation."
• HUGHES, Jock, author. 1987. "The languages of Kei, Tanimbar and Aru: a lexicostatistic classification."
• LOSKI, Gail M.; LOSKI, Russell A., authors. 1989. The languages indigenous to Eastern Seram and adjacent islands.
• TABER, Mark H., editor. 1996. Atlas bahasa tanah Maluku.

Laos

• EDMONDSON, Jerold A.; SOLNIT, David B., authors. 1997. "Introduction."
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1980. "The place of Alak, Tampuan, and West Bahnaric."  

Malaysia

• BOUTIN, Alanna Y.; BOUTIN, Michael E., authors. 1985. "Report on the languages of Banggi and Balambangan."
• BOUTIN, Alanna Y.; BOUTIN, Michael E., compilers. 1984. Indigenous groups of Sabah: An annotated bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources.
• BOUTIN, Alanna Y.; BOUTIN, Michael E.; COMBRINK, Hans J. B.; SODERBERG, Craig, compilers. 2006. Indigenous groups of Sabah: an annotated bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources, revised and updated edition, part 1: authors.
• BOUTIN, Alanna Y.; BOUTIN, Michael E.; COMBRINK, Hans J. B.; SODERBERG, Craig, compilers. 2006. Indigenous groups of Sabah: an annotated Bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources, revised and updated edition, part 2: ethnic group, topic.
• BOUTIN, Michael E., compiler. 1986. Indigenous groups of Sabah: An annotated bibliography of linguistic and anthropological sources: supplement 1.
• MILLER, Carolyn P., author. 1981. "A brief look at the languages and dialects of Sabah."

Myanmar

• EDMONDSON, Jerold A.; SOLNIT, David B., authors. 1997. "Introduction."

Nepal

• DAY, A. Colin; HUGONIOT, Richard D., authors. 1966. The languages of India and Nepal.
• GLOVER, Jessie R.; PITTMAN, Richard S., authors. 1970. "Proto-Tamang-Gurung-Thakali."
• GLOVER, Warren W.; LANDON, John K., authors. 1980. "Gurung dialects."
• HUGONIOT, Richard D., compiler. 1970. A bibliographical index of the lesser known languages and dialects of India and Nepal.
• TOBA, Sueyoshi, author. 1976. "National language and ethnic minority languages in Nepal."

Pakistan

• GRAINGER, Nita C.; GRAINGER, Peter J., authors. 1980. A preliminary survey of the languages of Sind, Pakistan.

Philippines

• MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., author. 1958. Review of: Spanish contact vernaculars in the Philippine Islands, by Keith Whinnom.
• PITTMAN, Richard S., author. 1953. Notes on the dialect geography of the Philippines.
• SIBAYAN, Bonifacio P., author. 1986. "Philippine national cultural communities."
• WALROD, Michael R., author. 1978. "Three criteria for establishing dialect boundaries."  

Thailand

• EDMONDSON, Jerold A.; SOLNIT, David B., authors. 1997. "Introduction."

Viet Nam

• EDMONDSON, Jerold A.; SOLNIT, David B., authors. 1997. "Introduction."
• GREGERSON, Marilyn, author. 1972. "The ethnic minorities of Vietnam."
• HEADLEY, Robert K.; THOMAS, David D., authors. 1970. "More on Mon-Khmer subgroupings."
• PITTMAN, Richard S., author. 1960. "Southeast Asia from the linguistic point of view."
• SMITH, Kenneth D., author. 1969. "Sedang ethnodialects."
• SMITH, Kenneth D., author. 1973. "More on Sedang ethnodialects."  
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1960. "Cac ngutoc trong tinh Kontum."
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1968. "Các ngôn ngữ Môn-Khome."
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1969. "Mon-Khmer in North Vietnam."  
• THOMAS, David D.; THOMPSON, Laurence C., authors. 1968. "Vietnam."
• WATSON, Richard L., author. 1969. "A note on Ta-oi, Ngeʼ, and Nyahuen."  

Pacific

Australia

• GLASGOW, David, author. 1984. Report on survey of the central Northern Territory.
• GLASGOW, David; LOVING, Richard, authors. 1964. Languages of the Maprik sub-district.
• OATES, Lynette F.; OATES, William J., editors. 1970. A revised linguistic survey of Australia.
• PITTMAN, Richard S., author. 1966. Review of: Some linguistic types in Australia: handbook of Australian languages, part 2, by Arthur Capell.
• SANDEFUR, John R., author. 1983. "Modern Australian Aboriginal languages: The present state of knowledge."

Papua New Guinea

• ALLEN, Jerry; HURD, Conrad, authors. 1963. Languages of the Cape Hoskins Patrol Post division of the Talasea sub-district, New Britain.
• ALLEN, Jerry; HURD, Conrad, authors. 1965. Languages of the Bougainville district.
• ALLEN, Jerry; JOHNSTON, Raymond L.; RATH, Daniel D., authors. 1980. "The Lamogai family of languages."
• Anonymous. 1974. Review of: The Trans-New Guinea phylum: Explorations in deep-level genetic relationships, by Kenneth A. McElhanon and C. L. Voorhoeve.
• AUSTING, John F., compiler. 1973. Languages of the East Papua region.
• BASS, Jack; LOVING, Richard, authors. 1964. Languages of the Amanab sub-district.
• BRENNAN, Paul W.; BROWN, Raymond; BUNN, Gordon; FRANKLIN, Karl J.; IRWIN, Barry S.; SCOTT, Graham K.; STUCKY, Alfred; WURM, Stephen A., editors. 1978. Language maps of the Highlands provinces, Papua New Guinea.
• BUNN, Gordon; SCOTT, Graham K., authors. 1962. Languages of the Mount Hagen sub-district.
• CLAASSEN, Oren R.; LITHGOW, David, authors. 1968. Languages of the New Ireland district.
• CLAASSEN, Oren R.; MCELHANON, Kenneth A., authors. 1970. "Languages of the Finisterre Range, New Guinea."
• CONRAD, Robert J.; LEWIS, Ronald K., authors. 1988. "Some language and sociolinguistic relationships in the Upper Sepik region of Papua New Guinea."
• DEIBLER, Ellis W.; TREFRY, David, authors. 1963. Languages of the Chimbu sub-district.
• DYE, T. Wayne; TOWNSEND, Patricia K.; TOWNSEND, William H., authors. 1968. "The Sepik Hill languages: a preliminary report."
• FLEISCHMANN, Lillian; TURPEINEN, Sinikka, authors. 1976. A dialect survey of Eastern Trans-Fly languages.  
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1968. "Languages of the Gulf District: a preview."
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1968. The dialects of Kewa.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1969. A grammar and dialect study of Kewa, New Guinea.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1970. Review of: a survey of New Guinea languages, by Arthur Capell.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1970. Review of: a survey of New Guinea languages, by Arthur Capell.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1975. Review of: Linguistics in Oceania, T. A. Sebeok, editor.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1976. Review of: The languages of Fiji, by Albert J. Schutz.
• FREUDENBURG, Allen, author. 1976. The dialects of Boiken.  
• GLASGOW, David; LOVING, Richard, authors. 1964. Languages of the Maprik sub-district.
• HAYWOOD, Graham; HAYWOOD, Irene, authors. 1980. "The languages and communities of north-western New Britain."
• HEALEY, Alan, author. 1964. The Ok language family in New Guinea.
• HEALEY, Alan, author. 1974. Review of: a survey of New Guinea languages, by Arthur Capell.
• HEALEY, Alan, author. 1976. "Austronesian languages: Admiralty Islands area."
• HEALEY, Alan, editor. 1974. Three studies in languages of eastern Papua.
• HENDERSON, Anne; HENDERSON, James E., authors. 1974. Languages of the Louisade Archipelago and environs.  
• HOOLEY, Bruce A., author. 1964. "The Morobe district--New Guinea."
• HOOLEY, Bruce A., author. 1971. "Austronesian languages of the Morobe district, Papua New Guinea."
• HOOLEY, Bruce A., author. 1976. "Austronesian languages: Morobe province."
• HOOLEY, Bruce A.; MCELHANON, Kenneth A., authors. 1970. "Languages of the Morobe District--New Guinea."
• HOOPERT, Daniel A.; WAKEFIELD, David C., authors. 1980. "The languages and communities of south-western New Britain."
• JERNUDD, Björn H., author. 1982. Subjective varieties of Pidgin in Papua New Guinea.
• JOHNSTON, Raymond L., author. 1980. "Language and communication in New Britain."
• JOHNSTON, Raymond L., author. 1980. "Language and development in New Britain."
• JOHNSTON, Raymond L., author. 1980. "The languages and communities of the Kimbe Bay region."
• JOHNSTON, Raymond L., editor. 1980. Language, communication and development in New Britain.
• LINDRUD, Stellan, author. 1980. "The languages and communities of the Open Bay, Wide Bay and Southern Gazelle Peninsula region."
• LITHGOW, David, author. 1976. "Austronesian languages: Milne Bay and adjacent islands (Milne Bay Province)."
• LITHGOW, David; STAALSEN, Philip, authors. 1965. Languages of the D’Entrecasteaux Islands.
• LLOYD, J. A.; LLOYD, Richard G., authors. 1981. "The dialects of the Baruya language."
• LOVING, Richard, author. 1973. "The dialects of Awa."
• MACDONALD, George E., author. 1973. "The Teberan language family."
• MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1967. "Preliminary observations on Huon Peninsula languages."
• MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1973. Review of: Linguistics in Oceania, T. A. Sebeok, editor.
• MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1975. "North-eastern Trans-New Guinea phylum languages."
• MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1976. Review of: The languages of the Eastern family of the East New Guinea Highlands stock, by Howard P. McKaughan, editor.
• MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1984. A linguistic field guide to the Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
• MCELHANON, Kenneth A.; VOORHOEVE, C. L., authors. 1970. The Trans-New Guinea phylum: Explorations in deep-level genetic relationships.
• MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., compiler. 1973. "Awa texts."
• MOORE, Dean; MOORE, Dianne, authors. 1980. "The languages and communities of the Gazelle Peninsula."
• PENCE, Alan R.; STEINKRAUS, Walter, authors. 1964. Languages of the Goilala sub-district.
• RATH, Daniel D., author. 1980. "The languages and communities of the Mengen region."
• REESINK, Gerard P., author. 1976. "Languages of the Aramia River area."
• REESINK, Gerard P., author. 1976. Review of: The languages of the Madang District, Papua New Guinea, by J. A. Z’graggen.  
• SANDERS, Arden G.; SANDERS, Joy, authors. 1980. "Defining the centres of the Marienberg language family."
• SCOTT, Graham K., author. 1963. "The dialects of Fore."
• SIMONS, Gary F., author. 1980. Review of: New Guinea area languages and language study, vol. 2: Austronesian languages, Stephen A. Wurm, editor.
• STAALSEN, Philip, author. 1969. "The dialects of Iatmul."
• STAALSEN, Philip, author. 1975. "The languages of the Sawos Region (New Guinea)."
• THROOP, Craig; THROOP, Linda, authors. 1980. "The languages and communities of the Kandrian inland region."
• TONSON, John, author. 1976. The languages in the Schraeder ranges.  
• WILSON, Patricia R., author. 1976. Abulas dialect survey.