Inspirational Natlangs

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
• Wolof
• Yoruba, very brief

Middle-East and Caucasus

Northeast Caucasian

• A Grammar of Khwarshi
• Lak somewhat light

Central Asia

• Burushaski, an isolate.

Indo-European

• Introduction to Old Avestan
• Introduction to Manichaean Sogdian

North and Central America

Algonquin

• Arapaho
• Blackfoot
• Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe): not as tidy as it could be

Athabascan

• Introduction to Dena'ina: Kenai (Outer Inlet) Dialect
• Hupa Grammar; Hupa Language Dictionary
• Tlingit Grammar Outline

Salishan

• Coeur d'Alene grammar and texts (not always tidy)
• Spokan Grammar

Uto-Aztecan

• UA Overview
• Chemehuevi field notes, dissertation, grammar and sound files.
• 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

• Mutsun Grammar (Utian) by Marc Okrand, the inventor of Klingon
• Oneida Dictionary and Teaching Grammar (Iroquoian)
• Upper Necaxa Totonac
• Nez Perce Verb Morphology; Topics in the Nez Perce Verb (dissertation)
• Tzotzil, grammar summary from a dictionary
• Studies in Southern Wakashan (Nootkan) Grammar (Nuuchahnulth and Makah)
• A Reference Grammar of Wappo viewable online, but you have to pay to download

South America

• Aymara (Spanish)
• Quechua very sparse
• A course in Old Tupi (Portuguese)