My Languages

The languages I've worked on

This is a list of languages which I've done linguistic field work on, in ascending chronological order (leaving out a number of languages for which I only have a couple dozen pages of field notes). Non-parenthesized locations indicate the dialects I have worked on.

Shona (Karanga dialect) [Zimbabwe]

Kimatuumbi [Tanzania]

Kipsigis [Kenya]

Tigre [Eritrea]

Kenyang [Cameroon]

Kipare (Mbagha, Usame, and Gonja dialects) [Tanzania]

Sesotho [Lesotho (also South Africa)]

Shambaa [Tanzania]

Didinga [Sudan]

Chaga [Tanzania]

Kuria [Kenya (and Tanzania)]

Bukusu [Kenya]

(Moroccan) Arabic [Morocco]

Ndengereko [Tanzania]

Kimbunga [Tanzania]

Chipogolo [Tanzania]

Yao [Tanzania (also Mozambique, Malawi)]

Makonde (various dialects) [Tanzania, Mozambique]

Kikongo [Congo]

Xhosa [South Africa]

Angas [Nigeria]

Chechen [Jordan (also Chechnia)]

Lukisa [Kenya]

Kikerewe [Tanzania]

Lusaamia [Kenya (also Uganda)]

Echuabo [Mozambique]

Elomwe [Mozambique]

Ekoti [Mozambique]

Gitonga [Mozambique]

Lusoga [Uganda]

Efik & Ibibio [Nigeria]

Ndau [Mozambique]

Chopi [Mozambique]

Siswati [Swaziland (also South Africa)]

Kuku [Sudan]

Runyankore [Uganda]

Kamba [Kenya]

Hehe [Tanzania]

Sundanese [Indonesia]

Mwera [Tanzania]

Zinza [Tanzania]

Ngindo [Tanzania]

Taita [Kenya]

Tachoni [Kenya]

Wanga [Kenya]

Kono [Sierre Leone]

Ga [Ghana]

Kikuyu [Kenya]

North Saami [Norway (also Sweden, Finland)]

Khoekhoe (Nama) [Namibia]

Kotoko [Cameroon (also Nigeria, Chad)]

Areare (Solomon Islands)

Mina (Gen) [Togo]

Hawrami (Kurdish)[Iran (also Iraq)]

Bakweri [Cameroon]

Llogoori [Kenya]

Tupuri [Cameroon (also Chad)]

Shua [Botswana]

Urhobo [Nigeria]

Temne [Sierra Leone]

Mushunguli (Zigua) [Somalia (also Tanzania)]

Guerze (Kpelle) [Guinea (also Liberia)]

Ntumu (Fang) [Cameroon (also Equatorial Guinea, Gabon)]

Tigrinya [Eritrea (also Ethiopia)]