The Historical Reconstruction of Southern Cushitic Phonology and Vocabulary.
Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag.
Aasax
scu-asa
Comparative phonology and etymology of South Cushitic languages. Contains some language data from previously unpublished sources, most importantly J. C. Winter's recordings of Aasax from 1974.
Maguire 1928
Maguire, R. A. J.
1928
"Il-torōbo": Part II.
Journal of the Royal African Society 27(107): 249-268.
Aasax
scu-asa
Very brief notes on Aramanik (= Aasax) with hardly more than a couple dozen words; still important as one of the very few sources on this extinct language.
Hamm et al. 2002
Hamm, Cameron; Diller, Jason; Jordan-Diller, Kari; Assako a Tiati, Ferdinand
A Rapid Appraisal Survey of Western Beboid Languages (Menchum Division, Northwest Province).
SIL International.
Abar; Missong
beb-aba; beb-mis
Brief SIL report on the current status of the Western Beboid language group. Includes a 126-item wordlist that, for some of these languages, is currently the only available source of information.
Abau Language Phonology and Grammar. Workpapers in Papua New Guinea Languages, Vol. 9.
Ukarumpa: SIL.
Abau
seu-abu
Detailed description of Abau phonology, including phonetic and phonological notation and a thorough description of the language's tonal system. The accompanying "grammar" mainly consists of a theoretical introduction, executed in the "tagmemic" paradigm, and is of little use.
Lock 2007
Lock, Arjen
Phonology Essentials: Abau Language.
Ukarumpa: SIL International.
Abau
seu-abu
A detailed description of Abau phonology; includes a large selection of illustrative material in phonetic and phonological notation.
Lock 2011
Lock, A. H.
Abau Grammar. Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages, Vol. 57.
Ukarumpa: SIL-PNG Academic Publications.
Abau
seu-abu
A detailed description of Abau grammar; includes a large selection of illustrative material in phonological notation (omitting tones).
Genko 1955
Генко, А. Н.
Абазинский язык. Грамматический очерк наречия Тапанта. [The Abaza Language. A grammatical sketch of the Tapanta dialect.].
Москва: Издательство Академии Наук СССР.
Abaza
wcc-abz
Detailed description of the grammar of literary Abaza (based on the Tapanta dialect).
Tugov 1967
Тугов, В. Б. (ред.)
Абазинско-русский словарь. Под редакцией Тугова В. Б. [Abaza-Russian dictionary. Ed. by V. B. Tugov].
Москва: "Советская энциклопедия".
Abaza
wcc-abz
A 14,000 item dictionary; also contains a brief grammar sketch of Abaza. Based on the literary Tapanta dialect.
Zhirov & Ekba 1956
Жиров, Х. Д.; Экба, Н. Б. (ред.)
Русско-абазинский словарь. Ответственные редакторы: Х. Д. Жиров и Н. Б. Экба. [Russian-Abaza dictionary. Ed. by Kh. D. Zhirov, N. B. Ekba]..
Москва: Государственное издательство иностранных и национальных словарей.
Abaza
wcc-abz
A 30,000 item dictionary; also contains a brief grammar sketch of Abaza.
Kouadio 1983
Kouadio Nguessan, Jérémie
L'Abbey.
In: Atlas des Langues Kwa de Cote D'Ivoire. Tome 1: Monographies. Sous la direction de Georges Herault. Institut de Linguistique Appliquée, Université d'Abidjan, pp. 13-39.
Abé
agn-abe
Brief phonetic and grammatical sketch of Abé.
Herault 1983
[Collective]
Atlas des Langues Kwa de Cote D'Ivoire. Tome 2: Listes lexicales et etudes comparatives. Sous la direction de Georges Herault.
Institut de Linguistique Appliquée, Université d'Abidjan.
Abé; Abidji
agn-abe; agn-abj
The second volume of this work comprises extensive (560-item) wordlists for 16 Kwa languages, as well as various comparative sketches (but no attempts at phonetic or lexical reconstruction). Particular contributors include Jérémie Kouadio Nguessan for Abé (Abbey), and Chantal Tresbarats for Abidji.
Tresbarats 1983
Tresbarats, Chantal
L'Abidji.
In: Atlas des Langues Kwa de Cote D'Ivoire. Tome 1: Monographies. Sous la direction de Georges Herault. Institut de Linguistique Appliquée, Université d'Abidjan, pp. 41-65.
Abidji
agn-abj
Brief phonetic and grammatical sketch of Abidji.
Dobrizhoffer 1822
Dobrizhoffer, Martin
An Account of the Abipones, an Equestrian People of Paraguay.
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street.
Abipon
gua-abp
An English translation of Martin Dobrizhoffer's Latin treatise "Historia de Abiponibus" (1784). Linguistic evidence, although in a very chaotic manner, is located in chapters 16 and 17 of Vol. 2.
Quevedo 1896
Lafone Quevedo, Samuel A.
Idioma Abipón.
In: Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba (República Argentina), Tomo XV, pp. 5-200; 253-425.
Abipon
gua-abp
A large collection of data available on the already extinct Abipon language, combining the late XVIIIth century dictionary by Joseph Brigniel with later data collected by Martin Dobrizhoffer and other small pieces of evidence. This source is used mainly for Brigniel's data, which remain the largest single source of knowledge on Abipon.
Bgazhba 1964
Бгажба, Х. С.
Русско-абхазский словарь [Russian-Abkhaz dictionary. Ed. by Kh. S. Bgazhba].
Сухуми: Издательство "Алашара".
Abkhaz, Abzhuwa
wcc-abk
A large Russian-Abkhaz dictionary (appr. 16,000 entries), based on the Abzhuwa dialect.
One of the most recent and detailed dictionaries of Abkhaz (in two volumes), based exclusively on the Abzhuwa dialect and well illustrated by examples of syntactic usage.
Bgazhba 2006
Бгажба, Х. С.
Бзыбский диалект абхазского языка (исследование и тексты). 3-е издание [The Bzyb dialect of Abkhaz. 3rd edition].
Сухум.
Abkhaz, Bzyb
wcc-bzb
Detailed description of the specific phonetic, grammatical, and lexical features that separate the Bzyb dialect from the more well-known, but in some respects less archaic, Abzhuwa. Includes a large collection of texts from multiple old and recent sources.
DuBois 1938/1987
DuBois, Cora
Abui.
In: W. A. L. Stokhof (ed.), in co-operation with A. E. Almanar. Holle lists. Vocabularies in languages of Indonesia. Vol. 11: Celebes, Alor, Ambon, Irian Jaya, Madura and Lombok. The Australian National University, pp. 85-114.
Abui, Atimelang
alo-ati
Ca. 1200-item wordlist of Abui Atimelang, recorded in 1938 by Cora DuBois and published by W. A. L. Stokhof. Supplemented by DuBois' & Stokhof's notes and several short texts recorded by DuBois.
DuBois 1944
DuBois, Cora
The People of Alor. A Social-Psychological Study of an East Indian Island.
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota.
Abui, Atimelang
alo-ati
Ethnological studies on the Abui society, supplemented by a short wordlist (pp. 564-565) of the Atimelang dialect of Abui
