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- Blasius Achiri-Taboh (University of Buea, Cameroon)
Prefixhood in the Bantu Noun Class System: A look at the Grassfields Borderland - Okokkon Udo Akpan & Emmanuel Akaninyene Okon (DepartmentT of Linguidtics & Nigerian Languages , University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria)
Niger-Congo languages in Akwa Ibom state: a comparison and reconstruction of proto-forms. - Oyetayo Bankale (University of Ibadan, Nigeria) & Eno-Abasi Urua (University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria)
Proto-West Benue Congo Stem C1 - Roger Blench (Cambridge)
Supposing we have been completely wrong about the shape of early Niger-Congo roots? - Sandro Capo Chichi (Université Paris VII)
Sur la fonction de la nasalité dans les noms du Proto Gbe - Tucker Childs (Portland State University)
The definite article in Mel - Bruce Connell (Glendon College, York University)
Lexical Tone in Proto-Mambiloid - Ines Fiedler (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Comparison of gender systems across Kwa - Rebecca Grollemund (Evolutionary Biology Group, University of Reading), Simon Branford (Evolutionary Biology Group, University of Reading), Jean-Marie Hombert (Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage, Lyon) & Mark Pagel (Evolutionary Biology Group, University of Reading)
Genetic unity of the Niger-Congo family - Rebecca Grollemund, Simon Branford & Mark Pagel (Evolutionary Biology Group, University of Reading)
Automated reconstruction of Proto-Bantu using a statistical model of phoneme evolution - Nelli Gromova & Monika Urb (Moscow State University)
The use of data on minority Bantu languages to compare Niger-Kongo languages - Jeffrey Heath (University of Michigan)
Verbal stem-gradation in Proto-Dogon - Robert Hepburn-Gray (University at Buffalo)
A survey of Niger-Congo noun class agreement systems - Larry Hyman (University of California, Berkeley)
Tonal Correspondences with Proto-Bantu - Dmitry Idiatov & Mark Van de Velde (LLACAN – CNRS)
Implications of the lexical frequency of labial-velar stops in northern sub-Saharan Africa for Niger-Congo reconstruction - Philothe Kabasele Mwamba (University of Calgary)
Vowel sound change in Kinshasa Lingala - Jean-Georges Kamba Muzenga (Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de Lubumbashi)
Les mots protobantous pour « père » - Ulrich Kleinewillinghöfer (JG-Universität Mainz)
Class *nʌ and Class *-ti in Samba-Duru,a subgroup of Adamawa-Gur - Maria Konoshenko & Daria Shavarina (Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow)
Patterns of Noun Class System Attrition in Kwa - Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu (University of Ghana, Legon)
Reconstruction of the Ghana-Togo-Mountain languages: a revision - Demola Lewis (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
A Leipzig-Jakarta Vocabulary Reconstruction and Sound Correspondence based Sub-grouping of North Edoid - Selbut R. Longtau (Development Alternatives, Research & Training - DART)
A comparative morphology of non-productive Tarok affixes and stem cognates for suggested Proto-Tarokoid reconstructions - Anastasiya Lyahovitch & Alexander Zheltov (St. Petersburg State University)
Towards a comparative description of the Adamawa languages of Mumuye-Yendang and Leko groups - Jacky Maniacky (Royal Museum for Central Africa,Belgium), Michela Araujo Ribeiro (Universiteit te Leiden, Universidade Federal de Rondônia (Brazil) & Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren) & Rosa Maria de Lima Ribeiro (Universiteit te Leiden, Universidade Federal de Rondônia (Brazil) & Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren)
Words for two intimate parts in the Bantu languages - Jacky Maniacky (Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium), Joane de Lima Santiago (Universiteit te Leiden, Netherlands & Royal Museum for Central Africa,Belgium) & Alzenir Mendes de Menezes (Universiteit te Leiden, Netherlands & Royal Museum for Central Africa,Belgium)
Hunting for a semantic network in Bantu - John Merrill (University of California, Berkeley)
Noun Class Typology as Evidence of Genetic Relation in Africa - André Motingea Mangulu (Département de Lettres et Civilisations Africaines, Université Pédagogique Nationale de Kinshasa)
Tonologies des langues bantoues du nord et du centre-ouest du Congo et problemes de filiation genealogique - Konstantin Pozdniakov (INALCO – LLACAN)
From Proto-Atlantic to Proto-Niger-Congo: the root structure - Schaefer Ronald (Southern Illinois University), Reginald Duah (University of Ghana-Legon) & Francis O. Egbokhare (University of Ibadan)
Toward a typology of Niger-Congo complementation - Guillaume Segerer (LLACAN)
The unusually unstable basic vocabulary of the Joola languages - Galina Sim (Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences)
Towards a reconstruction of the Proto-Ekoid phonological system - George Starostin (Russian State University for the Humanities / Russian Presidential Academy)
Once more on the genetic affiliation of Krongo-Kadugli (Kadu) languages: the basic lexicon perspective - Valentin Vydrin (LLACAN - INALCO)
Reconstruction of the Proto-Southern Mande pronominal system - John R. Watters (SIL International)
An Initial Understanding of the Proto-Ekoid-Mbe Noun Class System - Benedikt Winkhart (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
On the Historical Comparison of the Mundu-Baka Nominal System - Lynell Marchese Zogbo (University of the Free State / Abidjan)
Did the Category “Adjective” Exist in Proto-Kru?