Research Guides: List of Grammars (Non-Indo-European): North America

Languages of North America

Acoma
United States (Keres)
Approved for LING 115
- Stress
- BMC copy bound with Maidu Grammar and Piro (Arawakan) Grammar
American Sign Language
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Deaf Sign Language)
Not approved for LING 115
Arapaho
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Algic)
Approved for LING 115
Blackfoot
Canada (Algic)
Not approved for LING 115
Chemehuevi
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Uto-Aztecan)
Approved for LING 115
- Stress: discussion pp. 27–32
Cherokee, Oklahoma
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Iroquoian)
Approved for LING 115
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Cheyenne (1980)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Algic)
Not approved for LING 115
Cheyenne (1907)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Algic)
Not approved for LING 115
Choctaw
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Muskogean)
Coeur d'Alene
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Salishan)
Comanche
United States (Uto-Aztecan)
Approved for LING 115
- How have past students rated this grammar?
- See also: Comanche Vocabulary and Comanche Texts
Cree (Plains)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Canada (Algic)
Not approved for LING 115
Dakota
United States (Siouan)
Approved for LING 115
Diegueño (Kumiai)
Mexico (Cochimí-Yuman)
Approved for LING 115
- Alternate Names: Campo, Cochimí, Comeya, Cuchimí, Diegueño, Kamia, Kamiai, Kamiyahi, Kamiyai, Ki-Miai, Ko’al, Ku’ahl, Kumeyaai, Kumeyaay, Kumia, Kw’aal, Quemayá, Tipai’, Tipái, Tipéi
Haitian
Haiti (Creole)
Approved for LING 115
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Hawaiian
United States (Austronesian)
Approved for LING 115
- How have past students rated this grammar?
- See also: Hawaiian Dictionary
Hidatsa
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Siouan)
- Not Tone Language
Huichol
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Mexico (Uto-Aztecan)
- Alternate Names: Vixaritari Vaniuqui, Vizaritari Vaniuki, Wixarika
Jamul Tiipay (Kumiai)
Mexico (Cochimí-Yuman)
Approved for LING 115
- Not tone language
- Alternate Names: Campo, Cochimí, Comeya, Cuchimí, Diegueño, Kamia, Kamiai, Kamiyahi, Kamiyai, Ki-Miai, Ko’al, Ku’ahl, Kumeyaai, Kumeyaay, Kumia, Kw’aal, Quemayá, Tipai’, Tipái, Tipéi
Karok
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Language Isolate)
Not approved for LING 115
- Stress: brief discussion p. 13
Kawaiisu
United States (Uto-Aztecan)
Approved for LING 115
- See Prof. Lillehaugen for supplementary material
Kiowa
United States (Kiowa Tanoan)
Approved for LING 115
Klamath
United States (Penutian)
Approved for LING 115
Kwakiutl
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Canada (Wakashan)
- See also: Kwakiutl Texts
Lenni Lenape
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Algic)
Louisiana Creole French
United States (Creole)
Currently unavailable in the TriCo
Luiseño
United States (Uto-Aztecan)
Approved for LING 115
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Maidu
United States (Penutian)
Approved for LING 115
- How have past students rated this grammar?
- See also Maidu Texts and Dictionary
- BMC copy bound with Acoma Grammar and Texts and Piro (Arawakan) Grammar
Mam
Guatemala (Mayan)
Approved for LING 115
Maricopa
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Cochimí-Yuman)
Not approved for LING 115
- Alternate Names: Cocomaricopa, Piipaash
Menomini (Menominee)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Algic)
Miwok, Southern Sierra
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Penutian)
- BMC copy bound with The Wiyot Language
Mixe, Ayutla
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Mexico (Mixe-Zoquean)
Mixtec, Alacatlatzala
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
- In Spanish
- See also: Diccionario del idioma mixteco: Tutu Tu'un Ñuu Savi
- Alternate names: Tu'un Savi, To'on Savi, Highland Guerrero Mixtec, Mixteco de Alacatlatzala
Mixtec, Chalcatongo
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
Approved for LING 115
Musqueam
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Canada (Salishan)
Nahuatl, Classical (1975)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Mexico (Uto-Aztecan)
- See also: Nahuatl dictionaries
Nahuatl, Classical (2011)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Mexico (Uto-Aztecan)
- See also: Nahuatl dictionaries
Nahuatl, Tetelcingo (Morelos)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Mexico (Uto-Aztecan)
Not approved for LING 115
- See also: Nahuatl dictionaries
Navajo
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Na-Dene)
Approved for LING 115
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Navajo (1967)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Na-Dene)
- Title: The Phonology and Morphology of the Navaho Language
Navajo (1987)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Na-Dene)
Not Approved for LING 115
- How have past students rated this grammar?
- An earlier edition is also available in the Swarthmore and Bryn Mawr reference collections.
Nez Perce
United States (Penutian)
Approved for LING 115
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Nishnaabemwin
Canada (Algic)
Approved for LING 115
- N.B.: Nishnaabemwin is an emergent language—a fusion of Ottawa and Eastern Ojibwa.
North-West River (Sheshātshīt) Montagnais
Canada (Algic)
Approved for LING 115
Osage
United States (Siouan)
Approved for LING 115
- See also: Osage Dictionary
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Otomí de San Ildefonso Tultepec, Querétaro
Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
Approved for LING 115
- In Spanish
Paiute, Southern (1992)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Uto-Aztecan)
- Title: Southern Paiute and Ute: linguistics and ethnography
Palaihnihan
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Palaihnihan)
- Title: A history of Palaihnihan phonology
- Includes: Achumawi and Atsugewi
Pomo, Eastern
United States (Pomoan)
Approved for LING 115
Pomo, Southeastern
United States (Pomoan)
Approved for LING 115
Proto-Pomo
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Pomoan)
Seneca
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Iroquoian)
Slave
Canada (Na-Dene)
Approved for LING 115
- Tone language: discussion pp. 103–127
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Tarascan
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Mexico (Tarascan)
- BMC copy bound with A Grammar of Tera
Tepehua, Huehuetla
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Mexico (Totonacan)
Approved for LING 115
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Teribe
Panama (Chibchan)
Approved for LING 115
- Marginal Tone System
Timucua
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Unclassified)
Not approved for LING 115
Totonac (Misantla)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Mexico (Totonacan)
Tsimshian
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Canada (Penutian)
Not approved for LING 115
Tunica
United States (Gulf)
Approved for LING 115
- How have past students rated this grammar?
- See also: Tunica Texts and Tunica Dictionary
Tzeltal
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Mexico (Mayan)
Tzutujil
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Guatemala (Mayan)
Approved for LING 115
- Stress: discussion pp. 29–34
Ute (1992)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Uto-Aztecan)
- Title: Southern Paiute and Ute: linguistics and ethnography
- See also: Ute Texts
Ute (2011)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Uto-Aztecan)
Not approved for LING 115
- See also: Ute Texts.
Ventureño
United States (Chumash)
Approved for LING 115
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Wappo
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Yuki)
- Not Tone Language; Ostensibly no stress
- See also: English-Wappo Vocabulary
Wikchamni
United States (Penutian)
Approved for LING 115
- Alternate Names: Wukchumni
- See also:
  * Who Speaks Wukchumni?: Short documentary about Marie Wilcox, the last fluent speaker of Wukchumni.
  * and Yokuts Language of California.
Wintu
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Penutian)
Approved for LING 115
- See also: Wintu Dictionary
Witsuwit'en
Canada (Na-Dene)
Approved for LING 115
- Stress: discussion pp. 631–668
Wiyot (1925)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Algic)
Approved for LING 115
Wiyot (1964)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Algic)
- BMC copy bound with Southern Sierra Miwok
Xinkan (Xinca)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Guatemala (Unclassified)
Yaqui (Arizona)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Uto-Aztecan)
- Title: The phonology of Arizona Yaqui: with texts
- See also: Yaqui Syntax
Yokuts
United States (Penutian)
Approved for LING 115
- How have past students rated this grammar?
- See also Yawelmani Phonology
Yokuts, Yawelmani
United States (Penutian)
Approved for LING 115
- Title: Yawelmani Phonology
- See also: Yokuts Language of California
Yup'ik
Alaska (Eskimo-Aleut)
Approved for LING 115, but please note that this is a pedagogical grammar
Yurok (1958)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Algic)
Not approved for LING 115
- See also: The Yurok Language Project Dictionary.
Yurok (2010)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
United States (Algic)
- See also: The Yurok Language Project Dictionary.
Zapotec, Choapan
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
- In Spanish and Zapotec
Zapotec, Isthmus
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
- See also: Zapotec-English/English-Zapotec (Isthmus) Concise Dictionary
Zapotec, Mitla (Oaxaca)
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
- See also: Mitla Zapotec Texts &
  Diccionario zapoteco de Mitla, Oaxaca
Zapotec, San Agustin Loxicha
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
Zapotec, San Bartolome Zoogocho
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
- See also: Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca
Zapotec, San Lucas Quiavini
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
Not approved for LING 115
- Title: Remnant Raising and VSO Clausal Architecture: A Case Study of San Lucas Quiviní Zapotec
- Tone Language
Zapotec, Santa María Quiegolani
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
- Title: Quiegolani Zapotec Syntax
- Tone Language
Zapotec, Valley
Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
Approved for LING 115
- Contrastive Tone
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Zapotec, Yatzachi
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
- This link opens in a new window
Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
- In Spanish
- See also: Diccionario zapoteco de Yatzachi
Zoque, Chiapas
Mexico (Mixe-Zoquean)
Approved for LING 115
- How have past students rated this grammar?