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Adamawa languages
There are some 40-60 Adamawa languages, most of which are very poorly documented. For present purposes, they can be divided into subgroups as follows (cfr Monino 1988, Boyd 1989, Williamson & Blench 2000):
- Duru languages
- Leko-Nimbari languages
- Mumuye-Nimbari languages
- Mbum languages
- Waja-Longuda languages
- Jen-Bikwin languages
- Yungur languages
- Day-Kim-Bua languages
- remnant Adamawa languages
A SELECTION OF PRINTED SOURCES
Boyd, Raymond. 1989. Adamawa-Ubangi. In: The Niger-Congo languages (ed. by John Theodor Bendor-Samuel), p. 178-215. University Press of America, by arrangement with the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL).
Hagege, Claude [Andre]. 1981. Les langues de l'Adamawa et leur classification. In: Les langues dans le monde ancien et moderne (ed. by Jean Perrot), v. 1, p. 183-186. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS).
Williamson, Kay; Blench, Roger M. 2000. Niger-Congo. In: African languages: an introduction (ed. by Bernd Heine & Derek Nurse), p. 11-42. Cambridge University Press.
Raymond Boyd, 1988
Les langues Adamawa (PDF). From: Le milieu et les hommes. Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d'Outre-Mer (ORSTOM).
www.bondy.ird.fr/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_4/colloques/25809.pdf
Ulrich Kleinewillinghöfer, 1996
"Terraces" and "terraced farms" in the languages of the Tangale-Waja Uplands (PDF). Berichte des Sonderforschungsbereichs 268, v. 8, p. 113-125.
publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/volltexte/2006/3572/
Kenneth S. Olson, John Hajek, 2001
The geographic and genetic distribution of the labial flap (PDF). SIL electronic working paper SILEWP 2001-002.
www.sil.org/silewp/2001/002
Henri Tourneux, 1984
Vocabulaires comparés des instruments aratoires dans le nord-Cameroun (PDF). From: Cahiers de l'Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d'Outre-Mer, série sciences humaines, v. 20, p. 597-612.
horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_4/sci_hum/19379.pdf
Henri Tourneaux, 1991
Observations sur le nom du fer et de la forge dans le bassin du lac Tchad (PDF). From: Actes du quatrième colloque Méga-Tchad. Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d'Outre-Mer (ORSTOM).
www.bondy.ird.fr/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_6/colloques2/34236.pdf
David Faris, 1993
Etude sociolinguistique de la langue bon goula (PDF). SIL Cameroun.
www.sil.org/africa/cameroun/bylanguage/languages/bongoula.html
Pascal Boyeldieu, 1988
Présentation sommaire du groupe Boua (Tchad) - Adamawa 13 de J.H. Greenberg (PDF). From: Le milieu et les hommes. Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d'Outre-Mer (ORSTOM).
www.bondy.ird.fr/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_4/colloques/25813.pdf
Abel Nessiel Nodjibogoto, 1991
Rapport d'une enquete linguistique parmi les langues du groupe Boua au moyen-Chari (PDF). SIL Cameroun.
www.sil.org/africa/cameroun/bylanguage/languages/boua.html
Stephen Wagner, 1991
Etude des langues du group Boua: premier etape (PDF). SIL Cameroun.
www.sil.org/africa/cameroun/bylanguage/languages/boua.html
Michael Ayotte, Charlene Ayotte, 2002
Rapid appraisal and lexicostatistical analysis surveys of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai and Oblo (PDF). SIL electronic survey report SILESR 2002-048.
www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2002-048
C. Chanard
Doayo - système alphabétique d'après "Alphabets des langues africaines", Unesco-SIL 1993. LLACAN (Langage, Langues et Cultures d'Afrique Noire).
sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/phono
Jason Diller, Kari Jordan-Diller, 2002
A rapid appraisal survey of Gbete (PDF). SIL electronic survey report SILESR 2002-050.
www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2002-050
C. Chanard
Karang - système alphabétique d'après "Alphabets des langues africaines", Unesco-SIL 1993. LLACAN (Langage, Langues et Cultures d'Afrique Noire).
sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/phono
David Ngang, 1999
Les pronoms en karang ALCAM 352 (PDF). SIL Cameroun.
www.sil.org/africa/cameroun/bylanguage/languages/karang.html
Virginia Ubels, David Ngang, Robert Ulfers, 1998
Présyllabaires volumes 1 et 2 en langue karang (PDF). Comité de Langue Karang.
www.sil.org/africa/cameroun/bylanguage/languages/karang.html
Robert Ernst Ulfers, 1993
Narrative genre text collection for discourse grammar analysis in Karang (PDF). SIL Cameroun.
www.sil.org/africa/cameroun/bylanguage/languages/karang.html
Robert Ernst Ulfers, 2000
A practical study of the orthography of compound words in the Karang language (PDF). SIL Cameroon.
www.sil.org/africa/cameroun/bylanguage/languages/karang.html
Cameron Hamm, 2002
A sociolinguistic survey of the Mambay language of Chad and Cameroon (PDF). SIL electronic survey report SILESR 2002-039.
www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2002-039
Lawrence Marc Seguin, 1991
The eastern Mbum survey: an assessment of the extendability of current language development projects (PDF). MA thesis. University of Texas at Arlington.
www.sil.org/africa/cameroun/bylanguage/languages/mbum.html
Michael Ayotte, Charlene Ayotte, 2002
Rapid appraisal and lexicostatistical analysis surveys of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai and Oblo (PDF). SIL electronic survey report SILESR 2002-048.
www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2002-048
Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Erin Shay, 2008
Language-internal versus contact-induced change: the split coding of person and number -- a Stefan Elders question (PDF). Journal of language contact, n. 2/2008, p. 274-298.
www.jlc-journal.org
Michael Ayotte, Charlene Ayotte, 2002
Rapid appraisal and lexicostatistical analysis surveys of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai and Oblo (PDF). SIL electronic survey report SILESR 2002-048.
www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2002-048
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Rosalind Bagwell, Stephen Bagwell, David Faris, 1992
Enquête sociolinguistique de la langue niellim (lua) du Moyen-Chari, Tchad (PDF). SIL Tchad.
www.sil.org/africa/cameroun/bylanguage/languages/niellim.html
Wikipedia
The Niellim language.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niellim_language
Michael Ayotte, Charlene Ayotte, 2002
Rapid appraisal and lexicostatistical analysis surveys of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai and Oblo (PDF). SIL electronic survey report SILESR 2002-048.
www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2002-048
Michael Ayotte, Charlene Ayotte, 2002
Rapid appraisal and lexicostatistical analysis surveys of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai and Oblo (PDF). SIL electronic survey report SILESR 2002-048.
www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2002-048
Konstanse Raen, 1993
Les activités du centre de littérature pere (PDF). From: Peuples et cultures de l'Adamawa. Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d'Outre-Mer (ORSTOM).
www.bondy.ird.fr/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_6/colloques2/40389.pdf
Lee Edward Bohnhoff, 1993
Décalages entre cultures, illustrés par la traduction en langue dii (PDF). From: Peuples et cultures de l'Adamawa. Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d'Outre-Mer (ORSTOM).
www.bondy.ird.fr/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_6/colloques2/40390.pdf