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.
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Westermann re-analysis |
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Niger-Congo language map |
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Dogon |
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Dogon Page |
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Ijoid |
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Ijoid Page |
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Kordofanian |
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Kordofanian page |
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Mande |
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Atlantic |
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Kru |
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Pre/Mbre |
Pre |
Analysed Pre wordlist |
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Gur |
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Gur page |
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Adamawa-Ubangian |
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Adamawa-Ubangian pages |
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Kwa |
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Kwa page |
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West Benue-Congo |
Igboid/Edoid /Yoruboid etc. |
West Benue-Congo page |
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East Benue-Congo |
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East Benue-Congo page |
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General |
Comparative East Benue-Congo |
Unpublished |
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General |
Benue-Congo
Comparative Wordlist |
New version |
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Plateau |
Plateau page |
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Jukunoid |
Jukunoid |
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Dakoid |
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Bantoid |
Bantoid |
Bantoid page |
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Bantu |
Bantu |
Bantu page |
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A. General
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Paper/graphic Title |
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Nilo-Saharan classification |
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Review of Ehret (2001) |
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Nilo-Saharan language map |
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 papers have been synthesised in a single document, a book manuscript I am preparing. These can be downloaded as follows;
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Niger-Saharan 1 (1992) |
Published |
1995 |
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Niger-Saharan 2 (1998) |
in press |
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Niger-Saharan 3 (2001) |
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2007 |
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Niger-Saharan Book |
in progress |
n.d. |
It rather looks as if Niger-Saharan 2 will never be published
B. Kadu
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Title |
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Download PDF version |
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Katcha dictionary |
Unpublished |
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Kayigang wordlist |
Unpublished |
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Kadu languages overview |
Published |
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Comparative Kadu wordlists |
Unpublished |
C. Central Sudanic
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Title |
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Download PDF version |
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Central Sudanic language map |
Published |
D. Eastern Sudanic
Tama
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Title |
Download |
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Tama group lexicon Edgar ms. |
Nilotic
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Title |
Click to download PDF version |
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Dinka dictionary |
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English Dinka dictionary |
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Mabaan dictionary |
E. Saharan
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Title |
Click to download PDF version |
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Manga dictionary |
F. Kuliak
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Title |
Click to download PDF version |
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So dictionary |
Go to Afroasiatic page
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Document |
Status |
Download PDF version |
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Khoesan languages map |
Published |
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Hadza animal names.
Handout, 3rd International Khoisan Worskhop, Riezlern, 7-9th
July, 2008 |
In press |
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Hadza animal names. Powerpoint |
Unpublished |
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2009. Was there an interchange between Cushitic pastoralists and Khoesan
speakers in the prehistory of |
Published |
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Go to Africa general page
Go to Austronesian general page
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Daic prehistory. Conference paper, EuRASEAA 2008 |
In press |
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PDF |
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Aslian linguistic history |
Conference paper, Siem Reap 2006 |
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The |
Unpublished |
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Is Shom Pen a distinct
branch of Austroasiatic? Paper presented at ICAAL IV, |
In press |
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PDF |
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Stratification in the peopling of |
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Paper Title |
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Re-evaluating the
linguistic prehistory of |
Published |
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11. Sino-Tibetan
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Paper Title |
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PDF |
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If agriculture cannot be reconstructed for
proto-Sino-Tibetan what are the consequences? Presented at the 42nd
Conference on Sino-Tibetan Language and Linguistics. Chiang Mai, November
2-4, 2009. |
Unpublished |
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NE Indian languages and the origin of Sino-Tibetan. Powerpoint for the 16th Himalayan Languages
Symposium 2-5 September 2010. plus
accompanying datasheets |
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Tasmanian
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Paper Title |
Status |
PDF |
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Classification of Tasmanian |
Published |
13. Amerindian
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Paper Title |
Status |
PDF |
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The pattern of Amerindian languages |
Presented
at: OMLL Workshop: New Directions in Historical Linguistics |
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Paper Title |
PDF |
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Baŋgi me, a language of unknown affiliation in |
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Mpra, a relic language of northern |
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Shompen, a language of the |
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Les Vazimba (scan of Birkeli 1936) |
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Analysis of Vazimba and Beosi vocabulary |
15. World
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Paper Title |
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PDF |
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Lateral fricatives in |
Conference paper |
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From the mountains to the valleys:
understanding ethnolinguistic geography in |
Published |
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Agriculture and
phylic dispersals ; re-evaluating the evidence. Presented at the meeting
‘Us and Them: Modelling past genetic, linguistic, and cultural boundaries’. |
Unpublished |
English and Pidgin
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Signs forbidding Pidgin English |
Unpublished slideshow |
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Dictionary of |
Unpublished document |