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Word lists

Index of SIL publications on Word lists listed by country.

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General works

• Blood, Henry and Evangeline Blood, compilers. Available: 2009; Created: 197?. Vietnam word list (revised): Mnong Rolom.  
• Roberts, James and Keith Snider. 2006. "SIL comparative African wordlist (SILCAWL)."  
• Snider, Keith and James Roberts. 2004. "SIL comparative African word list (SILCAWL)."

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Benin

• Kluge, Angela. 2005. "A synchronic lexical study of Gbe language varieties: the effects of different similarity judgment criteria."  

Cameroon

• Brye, Edward. 2009. "Jimjijimen, Gude, Tsuvan, and Sharwa wordlists."  
• Ennulat, Jürgen H. 1976. "Fali."
• Fiore, Lynne E. and Patricia M. Peck. 1980. "Limbum."
• Grebe, Karl and Winnifred Grebe. 1980. "Lamnsoʼ."
• Grebe, Winnifred, editor. 1980. Liste de 2.000 mots qui servira de base à un lexique.
• Perrin, Mona. 1980. "Mambila."
• Wiering, Marinus and Elisabeth Wiering. 1976. "Doohwaayããyo."

Central African Republic

• Olson, Kenneth S. and Jacques Vermond Mbomate. 2007. "Ngbugu digital wordlist: presentation form."  
• Olson, Kenneth S. Created: 2006. Ngbugu digital wordlist: archival form.
• Simons, Gary F., Kenneth S. Olson and Paul S. Frank. 2007. "Ngbugu digital wordlist: a test case for best practices in archiving and presenting language documentation."  

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Boone, Douglas W. 1995. "Bangba survey report."
• Boone, Douglas W. 1995. "Lombi survey report."
• de Wit, Gert, editor. 1995. Compendium of survey reports volume 1: Bira-Huku group of Bantu.
• de Wit, Gert, editor. 1995. Compendium of survey reports volume 2: non-Bantu languages.
• de Wit, Gert, editor. 1995. Compendium of survey reports volume 3: other Bantu languages.
• de Wit, Gert. 1995. "Bangubangu survey report."
• de Wit, Gert. 1995. "Tembo survey report."
• de Wit-Hasselaar, Alida. 1995. "Bira - Huku wordlists."
• Tembenekuzu, Kilio and others. Available: 2009; Created: 2009. Mono 2000-item digital wordlist: Archival form.

Ethiopia

• Abebe, Alemayehu. 2002. "Ometo dialect pilot survey report."  
• Alga, Lemma and Micha Wedekind. 1995. "Boro wordlists."
• Girard, Tim. 2002. "Lexico-phonostatistical analysis of Alemayehu Abebe’s Ometo word lists."  
• Kusia [Shenkere], Dinote and Ralph Siebert. 1994. "Second survey of language of the Gawwada, Tsamay and Diraasha areas with excursions to Birayle (Ongota) and Arbare (Irbore)."
• Leyew, Zelealem. 2002. "First report on a survey of the Shinasha and Agew dialects and languages."  
• Lucassen, Deborah and Marco Last. 2002. "A Chai word list."  
• Siebert, Ralph and Simon Caudwell. 1995. "On Melo (Malo) and Mursi."
• Siebert, Ralph, Lydia Hoeft and Matthias Brenzinger. 1994. "Languages of the Abbaya/Chamo area - report part 1, with notes on Koorete."
• Siebert, Ralph. 1994. "Argobba: Sociolinguistic information and a 320 item wordlist."

Gambia

• Carlton, Elizabeth M. and Sharon R. Rand. 1994. "Compilation de listes de mots Swadesh modifiées recueillies parmi les langues du groupe Diola (sud du Sénégal)."

Ghana

• Kluge, Angela. 2005. "A synchronic lexical study of Gbe language varieties: the effects of different similarity judgment criteria."  
• Snider, Keith L. 1989. North Guang comparative wordlist: Chumburung, Krachi, Nawuri, Gichode, Gonja.

Nigeria

• Kluge, Angela. 2005. "A synchronic lexical study of Gbe language varieties: the effects of different similarity judgment criteria."  

Senegal

• Carlton, Elizabeth M. and Sharon R. Rand. 1994. "Compilation de listes de mots Swadesh modifiées recueillies parmi les langues du groupe Diola (sud du Sénégal)."

Togo

• Kluge, Angela. 2005. "A synchronic lexical study of Gbe language varieties: the effects of different similarity judgment criteria."  

Americas

Suriname

• Courtz, Hendrik, compiler. 2008. A Carib grammar and dictionary.

Asia

China

• He Lifeng and William Tan. 2004. Yunnan teshu yuyan yanjiu.
• Krisadawan, Hongladarom. 2000. "Rgyalthang Tibetan lexicon and an appraisal of a Southeast Asian wordlist."  
• Wu Wenyi, Wil C. Snyder and Liang Yongshu. 2007. Survey of the Guizhou Bouyei Language.  

Indonesia

• Burung, Willem. 2007. "The Phonology of Wano."  
• Grimes, Charles E. 1990. Comparative wordlist for Austronesian languages of Maluku, Nusatenggara and Irian Jaya.
• Grimes, Charles E., editor. 2000. Spices from the east: Papers in languages of eastern Indonesia.
• Hinton, Bryan. 2000. "The languages of Wetar: recent survey results and word lists with notes on Tugun grammar."
• Youngman, Scott. 2005. "Summary of Bajau lexicostatistics project (through October 1989)."  

Myanmar

• SIL MSEAG, compilers. Available: 2006; Created: 2002-11. Southeast Asia 436 word list.  

Nepal

• Hale, Austin, editor. 1973. Clause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of Nepal 4: Word lists.  
• Toba, Sueyoshi. 2000. "Kusunda wordlists viewed diachronically."

Philippines

• Machlan, Glenn and others. Available: 2008; Created: 2008. Minangali (Kalinga) digital wordlist: archival form.
• Olson, Kenneth S., Nelson Amangao, Glenn Machlan. 2008. "Minangali (Kalinga) digital wordlist: presentation form."  

Thailand

• Bishop, Nancy M. and Mary M. Peterson. Available: 2006; Created: 1994-06. Kensiw rhyming list.  
• Miller, John D. 1994. "Evaluation of the wordlist used in a Mon-Khmer research project in Northeast Thailand."  
• Phaiboon, Duangchan. 2006. "Glossary of Aslian languages: the northern Aslian languages of southern Thailand."  
• Prachakij-karacak Phraya, David Thomas andSophana Srichampa. 1995. Some languages of Siam.
• SIL MSEAG, compilers. Available: 2006; Created: 2002-11. Southeast Asia 436 word list.  
• Sujaritlak Deepadung. 1996. "Lexica: Mon et Nong Duu, Lamphun Province."  

Viet Nam

• Banker, John and Elizabeth Banker, compilers. Available: 2009; Created: 1968-12-04. Vietnam word list (revised): Bahnar of Pleiku Province.  
• Cobbey, Vurnell and Maxwell Cobbey, compilers. Created: 1968-07. Vietnam word list (revised): Roglai.
• Cohen, Pat, compiler. Available: 2009; Created: 1970-08. Vietnam word list (revised): Jeh.  
• Cooper, James, compiler. Available: 2009; Created: 1972-12. Vietnam word list (revised): Halăng.  
• Costello, Nancy A., compiler. Created: 1968-07-25. Vietnam word list (revised): Katu.
• Evans, Helen, compiler. Available: 2009; Created: 1970-06. Vietnam word list (revised): Kơho Chil [čil].  
• Gregerson, Marilyn and Ken Gregerson, compilers. Available: 2009; Created: 1973-12. Vietnam word list (revised): Rơngao.  
• Haupers, Ralph, compiler. Available: 2009; Created: 1968-09-24. Vietnam word list (revised): Stieng.  
• Irwin, George E., compiler. Available: 2009; Created: 1970-08-28. Vietnam word list (revised): Kơho (Sre).  
• Maier, J and E. Burton, compilers. Available: 2009; Created: 1991-03. Vietnam word list (revised): Cua.  
• Miller, Carolyn and John Miller, compilers. Created: 1968-09-03. Vietnam word list (revised): Brũ.
• Phillips, Richard L., compiler. Available: 2009; Created: 1968-07-19. Vietnam word list (revised): Central Bu Nong (Mnong).  
• Saul, Janice and Nancy Freiberger, compilers. Created: 1969-07. Vietnam word list (revised): Nung.
• Smith, K.D., compiler. Available: 2009; Created: 1970-02-20. Vietnam word list (revised): Kơtua.  
• Smith, Kenneth D., compiler. Available: 2009; Created: 1968-08-17. Vietnam word list (revised): Sedang.  
• Thomas, David and Cil Nut, compilers. Available: 2009; Created: 1970-06. Vietnam word list (revised): Kơho Lach [la:č].  
• Thomas, David, compiler. Available: 2009; Created: 1970-07. Vietnam word list (revised): Chrau Jro.  
• Trebilco, Oliver, compiler. Available: 2009; Created: 1971-03. Vietnam word list (revised): Hrê.  

Pacific

Papua New Guinea

• Feldpausch, Becky and Tom Feldpausch, compilers. Available: 2009; Created: 1999. Namia wordlists.