Inspirational Natlangs
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With a little digging, one can easily find quite a selection of freely-available grammars on the web. Normally I just download these and dump them into my e-reader, but then if I want to direct someone else to a grammar, I have to go hunting again. It seemed useful to make a list.
I do not include Wikipedia pages in this list. Some languages have their phonologies and morphologies very well described there, but most articles are very weak on syntax.
The organization below is based on region rather than family. I have no particular attachment to this scheme, if someone has a more useful plan.
Africa
- Firdu-Fula Grammar (Gambian Dialect)
- Igbo sketch
- A Grammar of Nzadi (Bantu)
- Pular (Fuuta Jallon) Tutorial
- Wolof
- Yoruba, very brief
Middle-East and Caucasus
Northeast Caucasian
- Ingush Grammar
- A Grammar of Khwarshi
- Lak somewhat light
Afro-Asiatic
- The Akkadian language: grammar and vocabulary (a little sparse)
- A Short Grammar of Biblical Aramaic
- An Introductory Coptic Grammar (Sahidic)
- Hebrew Grammar (Modern typesetting of classic Gesenius)
Other Families and Isolates
Central Asia and Siberia
- Burushaski, an isolate.
- Tundra Nenets Grammatical Sketch
Indo-European
South Asia
Indo-European
- Kashmiri: a Grammatical Sketch
- A Practical Grammar of the Pali Language
- A Reference Grammar of Pashto
Other Families and Isolates
- A Grammar of Galo (Tibeto-Burman)
- Aspects of Yakkha Grammar (Kiranti Tibeto-Burman)
East and South-east Asia
- Ainu for Beginners 58 lessons
- Towards a Grammar of Takivatun Banun (Formosan Austronesian)
- A Generative Sketch of Burmese
- A Grammar of Kurtop (Tibeto-Burman)
- A Manchu Grammar (a bit old)
- A Short Introduction to the Mon Language
- Nùng Grammar (Tai-Kadai)
Australia and Polynesia
- A Grammar of Abui
- Bariai Grammar Sketch
- The Begak (Ida'an) Language of Sabah (huge grammar, with several interlinearized texts)
- Materials on Golin: Grammar, Texts and Dictionary
- A Grammar Sketch of the Kaki Ae Language
- Te taetae ni Kiribati Kiribati Language Lessons
- Kuot Grammar Essentials
- A Grammatical Sketch of Ngarla: A Language of Western Australia
- Grammar of the Sentani Language
- Tungak Grammar Essentials
North and Central America
Algonquin
- Arapaho
- Blackfoot
- Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe): not as tidy as it could be
Na-Dene
- Introduction to Dena'ina: Kenai (Outer Inlet) Dialect
- Hupa Grammar; Hupa Language Dictionary
- Phonology and Morphology of Tanacross
- Tlingit Grammar Outline
Iroquoian
Mayan
- Einführung in das kolonialzeitliche K’iche’ (Quiché)
- Tzotzil, grammar summary from a dictionary
- A Grammar of the Yucatecan Mayan Language
Sahaptin
- Yakima Ichishkíin
- Nez Perce Verb Morphology; Topics in the Nez Perce Verb (dissertation)
Salishan
- Coeur d'Alene grammar and texts (not always tidy)
- Spokan Grammar
- Aspect and category in Okanagan word formation
- The Kinkade Collection: the On-Line Archive of Papers for the International Conference on Salish (and Neighbo(u)ring) Languages
Uto-Aztecan
- UA Overview
- Chemehuevi field notes, dissertation, grammar and sound files.
- A Grammar of Cupeño
- Modern Aztecan Grammatical Sketches: Tetelcinco Nahuatl, North Puebla Nahuatl, Huasteca Nahuatl, Michoacán Nahual
- Northern UA Grammatical Sketches: Northern Paiute, Papago, Northern Tepehuan
- Southern UA Grammatical Sketches: Western Tarahumara, Cora
- Hopi summary; Hopi Lessons
- Luiseño summary
Other Families and Isolates
- Chimariko Grammar
- Choctaw sketch
- Mutsun Grammar (Utian) by Marc Okrand, the inventor of Klingon
- Upper Necaxa Totonac
- Studies in Southern Wakashan (Nootkan) Grammar (Nuuchahnulth and Makah)
- A Reference Grammar of Wappo viewable online, but you have to pay to download
- Sketch of Wichita, a Caddoan Language, almost no syntax
South America
- The Language of the Apurinã People of Brazil (Maipure/Arawak)
- Aymara (Spanish)
- Kokama-Kokamilla
- Quechua very sparse
- A course in Old Tupi (Portuguese)
