Resources

Speaking and Singing in Native Liberian Languages

Dictionary Sources

Multiple print and online sources, as well as native language speakers contributed to the development and expansion of this language dictionary. While the online sites and articles provided essential base content and informaiton, final content in our dictionary will not match exactly with these sources, but will align more with the recommendations of native speakers who are considered higher authority on the language. Below are some of the sources used for the dictionary.

Language	Source	External Link	Description
Bassa (Ɓasɔ́ɔ̀)	Dè-wùɖù ɖìè	N/A	New Testament Bassa Bible, translated into Bassa by The Bible Society in Liberia. Published by BFBS, 1970
Bassa (Ɓasɔ́ɔ̀), Kpelleh, Lorma	Omniglot	Omniglot	Omniglot resources on the Bassa language
Bassa (Ɓasɔ́ɔ̀)	CEFL Bassa Dictionary	CEFL	Christian Education Foundation of Liberia Bassa Dictionary
Bassa (Ɓasɔ́ɔ̀)	Proposal for encoding the Bassa Vah script in the SMP of the UCS	N/A	Proposal for encoding the Bassa Vah script in the SMP of the UCS, 2010, Michael Everson and Charles Riley
Gbandi	Discourse Grammar of the Bandi	N/A	Rebecca S. Grossmann, Masters Thesis, University of Texas at Arlington, 1992
Kpelleh (Kpɛlɛɛ-woo)	Kpɛlɛɛ-woo Lɛ́ Kɔlɔ (Kpelleh Language Learning Book)	N/A	Kpelleh learning book developed by Kpelleh Literacy Association. Printed by LIBTRALO. 2008
Kpelleh (Kpɛlɛɛ-woo)	Kpelle: Handbook of Phonetics, Grammar, Lexicon and Learning Procedures.	N/A	Sharon V. Thach with David J. Dwyer. Prepared for the United States Peace Corps at the African Studies Center of Michigan State University. 1981
Lorma (Lɔɔma)	A Complete Analysis of the Lɔɔma Language. Interior Liberia, West Africa	N/A	Wesley Sadler. 2006
Vai	A Grammar of Vai	N/A	WM. E. Welmers. 1976
Vai	Distribution of complexities in the Vai script	N/A	Andrij Rovenchak1, Lviv; Ján Mačutek, Bratislava, Charles Riley, New Haven, Connecticut. 2008
Vai	Preliminary proposal to encode the Vai script into the SMP of the UCS: to be presented before the Unicode Technical Committee at UTC 102	N/A	Charles L. Riley, José R. Rivera, Tombekai V. Sherman, and Jason Glavy. 2005
Vai	The Vai People and Their Syllabic Writing	N/A	Momolu Massaquoi. 1910

Language

Source

External Link

Description

Bassa (Ɓasɔ́ɔ̀)

Dè-wùɖù ɖìè

N/A

New Testament Bassa Bible, translated into Bassa by The Bible Society in Liberia. Published by BFBS, 1970

Bassa (Ɓasɔ́ɔ̀), Kpelleh, Lorma

Omniglot

Omniglot resources on the Bassa language

Bassa (Ɓasɔ́ɔ̀)

CEFL Bassa Dictionary

CEFL

Christian Education Foundation of Liberia Bassa Dictionary

Bassa (Ɓasɔ́ɔ̀)

Proposal for encoding the Bassa Vah script in the SMP of the UCS

N/A

Proposal for encoding the Bassa Vah script in the SMP of the UCS, 2010, Michael Everson and Charles Riley

Gbandi

Discourse Grammar of the Bandi

N/A

Rebecca S. Grossmann, Masters Thesis, University of Texas at Arlington, 1992

Kpelleh (Kpɛlɛɛ-woo)

Kpɛlɛɛ-woo Lɛ́ Kɔlɔ (Kpelleh Language Learning Book)

N/A

Kpelleh learning book developed by Kpelleh Literacy Association. Printed by LIBTRALO. 2008

Kpelleh (Kpɛlɛɛ-woo)

Kpelle: Handbook of Phonetics, Grammar, Lexicon and Learning Procedures.

N/A

Sharon V. Thach with David J. Dwyer. Prepared for the United States Peace Corps at the African Studies Center of Michigan State University. 1981

Lorma (Lɔɔma)

A Complete Analysis of the Lɔɔma Language. Interior Liberia, West Africa

N/A

Wesley Sadler. 2006

Vai

A Grammar of Vai

N/A

WM. E. Welmers. 1976

Vai

Distribution of complexities in the Vai script

N/A

Andrij Rovenchak1, Lviv; Ján Mačutek, Bratislava, Charles Riley, New Haven, Connecticut. 2008

Vai

Preliminary proposal to encode the Vai script into the SMP of the UCS: to be presented before the Unicode Technical Committee at UTC 102

N/A

Charles L. Riley, José R. Rivera, Tombekai V. Sherman, and Jason Glavy. 2005

Vai

The Vai People and Their Syllabic Writing

N/A

Momolu Massaquoi. 1910