A Selected List of Reference Sources on
African Languages and Linguistics

Included here are many general indexes, abstracts and bibliographies not entirely devoted to African languages, but which contain substantial references to languages and linguistics in their subject classifications. Appropriate sections in each should be consulted to obtain the desired information. Corrections and additions are welcome.

Also search appropriate entries in the Library Catalog for specific languages and language groups, countries, regions, etc. For example:

Abstracts and Indexes

African Abstracts. Bulletin analytique africaniste. London: International African Institute, 1950-1972. A quarterly review of ethnological, social, and linguistic studies appearing in periodicals.
DT1 I553

Asmani, J. O. Index Africanus. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 1975.
Z3501 A73

Bibliography of African languages. Ed. Wilma Meier. Wiesbaden, Germany: Harrasowitz, 1984. A bibliography and an index to African language materials published internationally.
Z7106 B53

A current bibliography on African Affairs. Farmingdale, New York: Baywood Publishing Co. for the African Bibliographic Center. 1962-
Z3501 C87 (See Linguistic and language under Bibliographic section).

International African Bibliography. London: Mansell, 1971- . "Current books, articles and papers in African Studies."
Z3501 I54 (See language section under Africa and the subject index section in each issue). Library has v. 7, 1977-current issue.

Classification

The Niger-Congo languages: A classification and description of Africa's largest language family. Ed. John Bender-Samuel. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989.
PL8005 N54 1989

A Thesaurus of African languages: A classified and annotated inventory of the spoken languages of Africa with an appendix on their written representation. Comp. Michael Mann and David Dalby with Philip Baker, et al. London: Hans Zell, 1987.
PL8005 T531 1987

Fivaz, Derek and Scott, Patricia E. African languages: A genetic and decimalised classification for bibliographic and general reference. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1977.
Z697 A33 F58

United States Central Intelligence Agency. Africa, ethnolinguistic groups. Scale 1:10,400,000. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 1970.
G8201 E3 1970 U5 Map Library

Bibliographies

American and Canadian doctoral dissertations and master's theses on Africa, 1886-1974. Comp. Michael Sims and Alfred Kagan. Waltham, MA: African Studies Association, Brandeis University, 1976.
Z3501 S5 (See Language section within country classification.)

Baird, Keith E. A critical annotated bibliography of African linguistic continuities in the Spanish speaking Americas. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI, 1982.
PL8005 B341 1982x

A bibliography of African language texts in the collections of the School of Oriental and African Studies University of London, to 1963. Comp. Michael Mann & Valerie Sanders. London: Hans Zell, 1994.
PL8005 M361 1994

A bibliography of African languages and linguistics. Comp. John D. Murphy and Harry Goff. Washington DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1969.
Z7106 M8

Der-Houssikian, Haig. A bibliography of African linguistics. Edmonton, Alberta: Linguistic Research, Inc., 1972.
PL8005 D471

Indiana University Libraries. African language and literature collection, Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington. Bloomington, IN: African Studies Program, Indiana University Libraries, 1994.
PL8005 I621 1994

Kraehe, Mary Alice. African languages : A guide to the library collection of the University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA: Collection Development Department, University of Virginia Library, 1986.
Z7106 K7231 1986

University of Rhodesia Library. Catalogue of the C. M. Doke Collection on African Languages in the Library of the University of Rhodesia. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1972.
Z7106 U54

Hendrix, Melvin K. An international bibliography of African lexicons. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1982.
Z7106 H45 1982

Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa (SCOLMA). Theses on Africa, 1963-1975, accepted by universities in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Comp. J. H. McIlwaine. London: Mansell, 1978.
Z3501 S8 1978 (See the Language section within General and Country classification.)

United Kingdom publications and theses on Africa. Prepared by SCOLMA, 1963-1967/68.
Z3503 U45

Dictionaries, Handbooks, etc.

Clarke, Rev. John. Specimens of dialects. Berwick-upon-Tweed 1848. Greg International Publishers Ltd., 1972. (Reprint of the 1848 edition.)
PL8009 C521 1972

Dalgish, Gerard M. A dictionary of Africanisms: Contributions of sub-Saharan Africa to the English Language. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982.
PE3401 D3

Koelle, Sigismund Wilhelm. Polyglotta Africana: A comparative vocabulary of nearly three hundred words and phrases in more than one hundred distinct African languages. London: Church Missionary House, 1854.
PL8009 K6 1854b

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