OLAC resources in and about the Buwal language

ISO 639-3: bhs

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

• Primary texts
• Lexical resources
• Language descriptions
• Other resources about the language

Other known names and dialect names: Bual, Gadala, Ma Buwal

Use faceted search to explore resources for Buwal language.

Primary texts

1. ONLINEBuwal Narrative Discourse. Viljoen, Melanie. 2015. SIL Cameroon. oai:sil.org:76119
2. ONLINEInformation structure in Soumraye (Somrai), an Eastern Chadic language. Miller, Emily R. 2020. SIL International. oai:sil.org:94478
3. ONLINEBuwal expository texts collection. n.a. 2006. SIL International. oai:sil.org:95000

Lexical resources

1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Buwal. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:bhs

Language descriptions

1. ONLINEGlottolog 5.2 Resources for Buwal. n.a. 2025. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:buwa1243
2. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Buwal. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:buwa1243
3. ONLINEPrécis d'orthographe pour la langue buwal. Deli, Benjamin; Konai, Pascal; Koyang, Ernest; Mbouvai, François; Viljoen, Melanie; Viljoen, Michael. 2009. SIL Cameroon. oai:sil.org:47378
4. ONLINEThe Buwal Verb Phrase. Viljoen, Melanie. 2012. SIL. oai:sil.org:51468
5. ONLINEStudies in African Linguistics, 46 (1 & 2): Special issue on conditional constructions in African languages. Nicolle, Steve (editor). 2017. Studies in African Linguistics, Inc. oai:sil.org:75346
6. ONLINEBuwal Narrative Discourse. Viljoen, Melanie. 2015. SIL Cameroon. oai:sil.org:76119
7. ONLINEInformation structure in Soumraye (Somrai), an Eastern Chadic language. Miller, Emily R. 2020. SIL International. oai:sil.org:94478

Other resources about the language

1. ONLINEBuwal: a language of Cameroon. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:bhs
2. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Buwal. Damir Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2017-09-27. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_bhs
3. ONLINEIntelligibility testing and lexicostatistics of Buwal and Gavar. Brye, Edward. 2002. SIL International. oai:sil.org:9156
4. ONLINEA sociolinguistic survey of Buwal (Gadala) (Rapid appraisal). Seguin, Lawrence M. 1992. Société Internationale de Linguistique. oai:sil.org:47581
5. ONLINEBuwal Local Level Background Survey. Viljoen, Michael. 2008. SIL Cameroon. oai:sil.org:76118

Other known names and dialect names: Bual, Gadala, Ma Buwal

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