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SIL has produced more than 2,500 publications since it began work in Papua New Guinea in 1956. In addition there is a large body of unpublished works about the languages of Papua New Guinea. Many works are available for download here and on other websites. Also available is a bibliography of published and unpublished works about the languages of Papua New Guinea.

Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages

This is the indexed title for:

• Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages
• Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages,
• Workpapers in Papua New Guinea Languages

• BRADSHAW, Robert L., author; BERG, René van den, editor. 2012. Doromu-Koki Grammar Sketch.
• LOCK, Arnold (Arjen) Hugo, author. 2011. Abau Grammar.
• MINTER, Paul, author. 2009. Iyo Grammar Sketch.
• BERG, René van den; PEARSON, Gregory, authors. 2008. Lote grammar sketch.
• HONSBERGER, Carol; HONSBERGER, Murray; TUPPER, Ian, editors. 2008. Kwomtari phonology and grammar essentials.
• BRADSHAW, Robert, author. 2007. Fuyug grammar sketch.
• BROWNIE, John; BROWNIE, Marjo, authors. 2007. Mussau grammar essentials.
• BACHET, Peter; BERG, René van den, authors. 2006. Vitu grammar sketch.
• ÅRSJÖ, Britten; ÅRSJÖ, Sören, authors. 2005. "Phonology and orthography essentials: Konai (Kala̱i̱) language (Western Province Papua New Guinea)."
• BAEHR, Peirce; GALLAGHER, Steve, authors. 2005. Bariai grammar sketch.
• BODEGRAVEN, Elly van; BODEGRAVEN, Nico van, authors. 2005. "Phonology essentials Gizzra language."
• D’JERNES, Jeffrey; RAYMOND, Mary, authors. 2005. "Phonology essentials Arop-Lokep language."
• FARR, Cynthia J.; FARR, James B., facilitators. 2005. "Baruga (Tafota) language [Oro province]."
• GROSH, Andy; GROSH, Sylvia Carlson, authors. 2005. "Organised phonology data supplement: Kaluli language."
• GUDERIAN, Brad; GUDERIAN, Toni, authors. 2005. "Organised phonology data supplement: Koluwawa language."
• HAFFORD, James Alton, author. 2005. "Organised phonology data supplement: Wuvulu language."
• MCEVOY, Steve, author. 2005. "Phonology essentials Migabac language."
• MCLEAN, Don; MCLEAN, Heather, facilitators. 2005. "North Wahgi (Yu We) language [Western Highlands Province]."
• MELLIGER, Markus, author. 2005. "Phonology essentials Pinai-Hagahai language."
• PFANTZ, Daryl; PFANTZ, Mary, facilitators. 2005. "Kuman language [Simbu province]."
• ROWE, Karen, author. 2005. Siar-Lak grammar essentials.
• STOBER, Cherie; STOBER, Scot, authors. 2005. "Organised phonology data supplement: Mato language."
• STOBER, Scot, facilitator. 2005. "Mato (Nenaya, Nengaya, Nineia) language wasu [Morobe province]."
• TROOLIN, Dave; TROOLIN, Sarah, facilitators. 2005. "Sam (Songum, Songumsam) language [Madang province]."
• WILSON, Theresa; WOZNA, Beata, authors. 2005. Seimat grammar essentials.
• ÅRSJÖ, Britten; ÅRSJÖ, Sören, authors. 2000. "Konai."
• FERREE, Steve, author. 2000. "Pouye."
• GALLAGHER, Carol Jean; GALLAGHER, Steve, authors. 2000. "Bariai."
• GROSH, Andy; GROSH, Sylvia Carlson, authors. 2000. "Kaluli."
• HEINEMAN, Paul, author. 2000. "Lembena."
• MELLIGER, Markus, author. 2000. "Pinai-Hagahai."
• CHUNG, Chul-Hwa; CHUNG, Kyung-Ja, authors. 1996. "Kuot grammar essentials."
• SPAULDING, Craig; SPAULDING, Patricia, authors. 1994. Phonology and grammar of Nankina.
• CALLISTER, William, author. 1993. "Misiman phonology."
• CLARK, Dawn S., author. 1993. "The phonology of the Sio language."
• LAUCK, Linda M., author. 1993. "Unmotivated processes: The case of Patep."
• RATH, Daniel D., author. 1993. "Mengen phonology essentials."
• SCHLIE, Perry; SCHLIE, Virginia, authors. 1993. "A Kara phonology."
• FELDPAUSCH, Becky; FELDPAUSCH, Thomas, authors. 1992. "Namia grammar essentials."
• MINCH, Andrew, author. 1992. "Amanab grammar essentials."
• TOLAND, Donald; TOLAND, Norma, authors. 1991. Reference grammar of the Karo/Rawa language.
• FAST, Lesley, author. 1990. "Tungak grammar essentials."
• ANDERSON, Neil, author. 1989. "Folopa existential verbs."
• EDONI, Gail, author. 1989. "‘Head and shoulders, knees and toes....’: The semantics of Dobuan body parts."
• KWAN, Poh San, author. 1989. "The referential meanings of kema ‘liver’ in Mauwake."
• LAEKA, Ali, author. 1989. "Cut—hit—break in Kalo."
• LLOYD, Richard G., author. 1989. Bound and minor words in Baruya.
• SCHLIE, Perry, author. 1989. "Breaking in on the Kara net."
• SCHLIE, Virginia, author. 1989. "Ways and means of communication in Kara."
• WAKEFIELD, David C., author. 1989. "Dog-pigs and other people."
• CLIFTON, John M.; PRYOR, David, authors. 1987. "Nasalisation in Kire."
• CONRAD, Jo Ann; CONRAD, Robert J., authors. 1987. "The symbolization of /ə/ in Mufian (Southern Arapesh)."
• DEIBLER, Ellis W., author. 1987. "The function of glottal stop in Gahuku."
• LAUCK, Linda M., author. 1987. "Orthography testing in Patep."
• LEE, Robert, author. 1987. "Results of psycholinguistic testing in the Madak language."
• LITHGOW, Daphne; LITHGOW, David, authors. 1987. "Practical spelling."
• PRICE, Dorothy, author. 1987. "Some Karkar-Yuri orthography and spelling decisions."
• SANDERS, Arden G.; SANDERS, Joy, authors. 1987. "Kamasau orthography."
• SPEECE, Richard F., author. 1987. "How shall we write what was left when the labialized post velar lost its velar?."
• TURNER, Blaine, author. 1986. A teaching grammar of the Manam language.
• HEPBURN, Jennifer, author. 1985. Saniyo Hiyewe phonemic statement, revised.
• LOEWEKE, Eunice; MAY, Jean, authors. 1985. A recommended alphabet for Maiani, Miani, Mala and Maia—four languages of the Kaukambaran language family.
• LUOMA, Pirkko, author. 1985. Tentative phonemic statement of Urim.
• OLKKONEN, Soini, author. 1985. Burum phonology.
• VOLLRATH, Paul W., author. 1985. Hewa phonemes: a tentative statement.
• LARSEN, Marlys; LARSEN, Robert E., authors. 1982. Orokaiva legends, lessons, and grammar notes.
• BROWN, Robert, author. 1981. A sociolinguistic survey of Pagi and Kilmeri.
• BUGENHAGEN, Robert D., author. 1981. A sociolinguistic survey of Mehek and Siliput.
• COOPER, Gregory, author. 1981. A sociolinguistic survey of Beli, Yahang and Laeko-Libuat.
• GRAHAM, Glenn H., author. 1981. A sociolinguistic survey of Busa and Nagatman.
• HUTCHINSON, Ian, author. 1981. A sociolinguistic survey of Heyo, Pahi, and Mayo-Pasi.
• MARTIN, William H., author. 1981. A sociolinguistic survey of Abau.
• MOECKEL, Barry; MOECKEL, Bonnie, authors. 1981. A sociolinguistic survey of Wom.
• PAPPENHAGEN, Doris J.; PAPPENHAGEN, Ronald W., authors. 1981. A sociolinguistic survey of Namie.
• GARLAND, Susan, author. 1980. Mountain Koiali grammar: Sentences, paragraphs, and discourses.
• WILSON, Patricia R., author. 1980. Ambulas grammar.
• ALUNGUM, John; CONRAD, Robert J.; LUKAS, Joshua, authors. 1978. Some Muhiang grammatical notes.
• CONRAD, Robert J., author. 1978. A survey of the Arapesh language family of Papua New Guinea.
• LITHGOW, David, author. 1978. First things first in Dobu.
• LITHGOW, David, author. 1978. How should I spell it? Interpretation of problem sounds illustrated from Muyuw.
• LUKAS, Joshua, author. 1978. A Muhiang text: Wewak trip.
• BUGENHAGEN, Salme E.; MARTENS, Mary, authors. 1977. A tentative phonemic statement in Yil in West Sepik province.
• EZARD, Bryan, author. 1977. Lexicostatistical and other methods of classifying languages.
• FIRCHOW, Irwin B., author. 1977. Some functions of Rotokas referentials.
• FLEISCHMANN, Lillian; TURPEINEN, Sinikka, authors. 1977. Bine phonemes.
• HENDERSON, James E., author. 1977. A simple separator of the nasal component of speech.
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1977. "Linguistics and theology."
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1977. Comments on Thomas’ proposed model.
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1977. Features of phonemes.
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1977. Guidelines on oral presentation of papers.
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1977. Some thoughts on clauses.
• HUTTAR, George L., author. 1977. Speech acts and translation.
• LARSEN, Marlys; LARSEN, Robert E., authors. 1977. Orokaiva phonology and orthography.
• LAWRENCE, Marshall, author. 1977. Quotations in Oksapmin.
• LAWRENCE, Marshall, author. 1977. Verb morphology and discourse prosodies.
• LITHGOW, Daphne, author. 1977. Dobu phonemics.
• LITTERAL, Robert L., author. 1977. Features of semantic predicates.
• LITTERAL, Robert L., author. 1977. The development of discourse analysis.
• LOVING, Richard; THOMAS, David D., editors. 1977. Proceedings of the S.I.L. consultants seminar, Ukarumpa 1976.
• MANNING, Margaret; SAGGERS, Naomi, authors. 1977. A tentative phonemic analysis of Ningil.
• MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1977. Selepet avifauna.
• RAY, Michael J., author. 1977. Areas of meaning and idioms.
• SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 1977. Aboriginal world view and tense, mood and aspect in Wik-Munkan.
• SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 1977. Prosodies in some Aboriginal languages.
• SHAW, Karen A.; SHAW, R. Daniel, authors. 1977. Samo phonemes: Description, interpretation and resulting orthography.
• SMITH, Jean, author. 1977. Mianmin sentence structure.
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1977. A proposed language model.
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1977. Articulatory phonetic parameters.
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1977. Consulting.
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1977. Noun phrase components.
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1977. Prominence.
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1977. Sentence components.
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1977. What is tagmemics?.
• THOMAS, David D., author. 1977. Writing and checking.
• WATERS, Bruce E., author. 1977. Motivating tagmemic concepts.
• WATERS, Bruce E., author. 1977. Suggestions on writing papers.
• WESTON, Pamela, author. 1977. Mianmin interrogatives.
• ADAMS, Karen L., author. 1976. An analysis of Patep hortatory texts.
• ADAMS, Karen L., author. 1976. An analysis of Patep narrative texts.
• FLEISCHMANN, Lillian; TURPEINEN, Sinikka, authors. 1976. A dialect survey of Eastern Trans-Fly languages.
• FRANTZ, Chester I., author. 1976. Gadsup sentence structure.
• FREUDENBURG, Allen, author. 1976. The dialects of Boiken.
• GODDARD, Jean, author. 1976. Higher levels of Agarabi grammar.
• HUCKETT, Joyce, author. 1976. Iduna sentence structure.
• LAUCK, Linda M., author. 1976. Patep sentences.
• MCELHANON, Kenneth A.; SOGUM, Sigkepe, authors. 1976. English-Wasembo vocabulary.
• TONSON, John, author. 1976. The languages in the Schraeder ranges.
• WILSON, Darryl, author. 1976. Paragraph and discourse structure in Suena.
• WILSON, Patricia R., author. 1976. Abulas dialect survey.
• ADAMS, Karen L.; LAUCK, Linda M., authors. 1975. A tentative phonemic statement of Patep.
• ALLEN, Jerry; BEASO, Matthew, authors. 1975. Petats phonemes and orthography.
• BEAUMONT, John R.; BEAUMONT, Margaret, authors. 1975. Iamalele clause types and structure.
• COLLIER, Kenneth J.; COLLIER, Margaret, authors. 1975. A tentative phonemic statement of the Apoze dialect, Kela language.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1975. Comments on Tolai language course: An historical note.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J.; Z’GRAGGEN, J. A., compilers. 1975. Comparative wordlists of the Gulf District and adjacent areas.
• HOSTETLER, Carolyn; HOSTETLER, Roman, authors. 1975. A tentative description of Tinputz phonology.
• HUTCHISSON, Don; HUTCHISSON, Sharon, authors. 1975. A preliminary phonology of Sursurunga.
• LINCOLN, Peter C., author. 1975. Suggestions for Banoni orthography.
• LITHGOW, David, author. 1975. A grammatical analysis of a Dobu text.
• Z’GRAGGEN, J. A., author. 1975. Comparative wordlists of the Admiralty Island languages, collected by W. E. Smythe.
• BUNN, Gordon, author. 1974. Golin grammar.
• DAWSON, Marcus; DAWSON, May, authors. 1974. Kobon phrases.
• FARR, Cynthia J.; FARR, James B., authors. 1974. A preliminary Korafe phonology.
• FREUDENBURG, Allen; FREUDENBURG, Marlene, authors. 1974. Boiken phonemes.
• GODDARD, Jean, author. 1974. Notes on Agarabi grammar.
• HEALEY, Alan, author. 1974. A problem of Telefol verb classification.
• HENDERSON, Anne; HENDERSON, James E., authors. 1974. Languages of the Louisade Archipelago and environs.
• HUCKETT, Joyce, author. 1974. Notes on Iduna grammar.
• KOOYERS, Orneal, author. 1974. Washkuk grammar sketch.
• MACDONALD, George E.; MACDONALD, Georgetta, authors. 1974. Dadibi phonology.
• MECKLENBURG, Charlotte, author. 1974. Phonology of Faiwol.
• SMITH, Jean; WESTON, Pamela, authors. 1974. Mianmin phonemes and tonemes.
• SMITH, Jean; WESTON, Pamela, authors. 1974. Notes on Mianmin grammar.
• WEBB, Thomas, author. 1974. Urii phonemes.
• WILSON, Darryl, author. 1974. Suena grammar.
• DUBERT, Marjorie; DUBERT, Raymond, authors. 1973. Biangai phonemes.
• FOREMAN, Velma M.; MARTEN, Helen, authors. 1973. Yessan-Mayo phonemes.
• SCORZA, David P., author. 1973. Sentence structures of the Au language.
• STUCKY, Alfred; STUCKY, Dellene, authors. 1973. Nii phonology.
• WOODWARD, Lance B., author. 1973. Maring sentences.