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Multilingualism

Index of SIL publications on Multilingualism listed by country.

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General works

• Gfeller, Elisabeth and Clinton D. W. Robinson. 1998. "Which language for teaching? The cultural messages transmitted by the languages used in education."
• Grimes, Barbara F. 1987. "Language choice in first century Christianity."
• Landweer, M. Lynn. 1997. Review of: Multilingualism, by John Edwards.
• Malone, Susan. 2003. Education for multilingualism and multi-literacy in ethnic minority communities: the situation in Asia.  
• Malone, Susan. 2007. Advocacy kit for promoting multilingual education: including the excluded.  
• Robinson, Clinton D. W. and Fiona Varley. 1998. "Language diversity and accountability in the South: Perspectives and dilemmas."

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Cameroon

• Canvin, Maggie. 1996. The educational implications of multilingualism for Cameroon and the Gambia: a comparative study.
• Gfeller, Elisabeth. 2000. La société et l’école face au multilinguisme: l’intégration du trilinguisme extensif dans les programmes scolaires du Cameroun.
• Trudell, Barbara. 2009. "Contesting the default: the impact of local language choice for learning."

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Leitch, Myles. 2005. "Aspects of multilingualism in the Lingala zone of Congo."  

Gambia

• Canvin, Maggie. 1996. The educational implications of multilingualism for Cameroon and the Gambia: a comparative study.

Ghana

• Herbert, Pat and Clinton Robinson. 1999. "Another language, another literacy? Evidence from Africa."

Americas

Colombia

• Morren, Ronald C. 2001. "Creole-based trilingual education in the Caribbean archipelago of San Andres, Providence and Santa Catalina."

Asia

Pakistan

• Hallberg, Calinda E. and Clare F. O’Leary. 1992. "Dialect variation and multilingualism among Gujars of Pakistan."

Philippines

• Young, Catherine. 2002. "First language first: literacy education for the future in a multilingual Philippine society."

Thailand

• Bishop, Nancy M. 1988. "Multilingualism among the Baansakai Maniq."
• Bishop, Nancy M. 2001. "Sociolinguistic aspects of Northern Aslian languages: a case study of Kensiw (Kensiu) [Baansakai, Yala, Thailand."
• Migliazza, Brian. 2002. Multilingualism among the So people of Issan.
• Samermit, Potchanat and David D. Thomas, editors. 1989. Linguistics and worldview: In honor of Professor Kenneth L. Pike: Papers from the academic seminar on ‘‘Linguistics and worldview’’ held at Thammasat University, Bangkok, February 17-19, 1986.

Pacific

Papua New Guinea

• Clifton, John M. 1994. "Stable multilingualism in a small language group: The case of Kaki Ae."