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Introduction.

The papers here primarily concern African languages. Most of this material is my own, but some data provided by other scholars is also included.

The primary division is by language phylum. Apart from individual phyla, a broad category of World covers non-African topics.

1.	Niger-Congo	Niger Congo
2	Nilo-Saharan	Nilo-Saharan
3.	Afroasiatic	Afroasiatic
4.	Khoisan	Khoisan
5.	Isolates	Isolates
6.	Africa	Africa
7.	World	World

1. Niger-Congo

	Family	Subgroup	Paper Title	Status	Click for link or to download PDF version
	General		Westermann re-analysis	Unpublished	Westermann
a.	Dogon		Dogon Page	Unpublished	Dogon
b.	Ijoid		Comparative Ijoid wordlists of Kay Williamson	Unpublished	Ijoid
			Kịrịkẹ dictionary	Unpublished	Kịrịkẹ dictionary
			Ibanị dictionary	Unpublished	Ibani dictionary
c.	Kordofanian		Kordofanian and Niger-Congo: an evaluation of the evidence	Unpublished	Kordofanian
d.	Mande
e.	Atlantic
f.	Kru
g.	Gur
h.	Adamawa-Ubangian		Adamawa-Ubangian web pages		Adamawa-Ubangian
i.	Kwa	Central Togo	Comparative Central Togo	in press	Comparative Central Togo
j.	West Benue-Congo	Igboid	Ọgba dictionary	Unpublished	Ọgba dictionary
		Edoid	Urhobo dictionary	Re-edited	Urhobo dictionary
k.	East Benue-Congo	General	Comparative East Benue-Congo	in press	Comparative Benue-Congo
		Kainji	West Kainji languages	Unpublished	West Kainji subclassification
		Plateau	Izere nominal morphology	Published	Izere nominal morphology
		Plateau	Plateau: State of the art	in press	Plateau
			Comparative Tarokoid	Unpublished	Comparative Tarokoid
			Tarok secret language	Unpublished	Tarok secret language
		Plateau/Jukunoid	Is there a boundary between Plateau and Jukunoid?	Unpublished	Plateau Jukun
		Bendi	Comparative Bendi	in press	Comparative Bendi
		East Kainji	East Kainji: State of the art	in press	East Kainji
k.	Bantoid	North	The North Bantoid hypothesis	Unpublished	North Bantoid

2. Nilo-Saharan

A. General

Title	Click to see PDF version or download
Nilo-Saharan classification	Nilo-Saharan language classification
Katcha dictionary	Download
Dinka dictionary	Dinka dictionary

B. I have published or have in press three papers discussing the evidence for a Niger-Saharan macrophylum, i.e. one which would unite Nilo-Saharan and Niger-Congo. These can be downloaded as follows.

Title	Status	Date	Click to see PDF version
Niger-Saharan 1	Published	1992	Niger-Saharan 1
Niger-Saharan 2	in press	1998	Niger-Saharan 2
Niger-Saharan 3	in press	2001	Niger-Saharan 3

3. Afroasiatic

A. General

Paper Title	Click to see PDF version or download
Afroasiatic classification	Afroasiatic language classification

B. Berber

Paper Title	Click to see PDF version or download
Types of language spread and their archaeological correlates: the example of Berber	Origini paper

C. Chadic

Paper Title	Status	Click to see PDF version or download
An unreported African sign language for the deaf among the Bura in Northeast Nigeria	Conference handout	Bura sign language paper
Why reconstructing proto-Ron is so problematic	Published	Reconstructing Ron
The Dyarim language of Central Nigeria and its affinities	Conference paper	Dyarim

4. Khoisan

5. Isolates

Paper Title	Click to see PDF version or download
Baŋgi me, a language of unknown affiliation in Northern Mali	Baŋgi me paper
Mpre, a relic language of northern Ghana	Mpre data

6. Africa

Countries

Country	Paper Title	Click to see PDF version or download
Nigeria	Atlas of Nigerian Languages	Atlas of Nigerian languages
Nigeria	Dictionary of Nigerian English	Download

7. World

Paper Title	Click to see PDF version or download
Stratification in the peopling of China: how far does the linguistic evidence match genetics and archaeology? Paper given at a meeting in Geneva, June 2004.	Geneva paper
From the mountains to the valleys: understanding ethnolinguistic geography in SE Asia. In: Sagart, L. Blench, R.M. & A. Sanchez-Mazas, (eds.) Perspectives on the Phylogeny of East Asian Languages. 31-50. London: Curzon Press.	East Asian languages paper

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