| Watters, John R | Review of: Les classes nominales dans se bantou des Grassfields. L’expansion bantoue, vol. 1 (Numéro special 9), Larry M. Hyman and Jan Voorhoeve, editors | 1982 | Journal of African Languages and Linguistics | Linguistics |
| Watters, John R | Colloquium on functional grammar, Amsterdam, June 4-8, 1984 | 1986 | Notes on Linguistics | Linguistics |
| Watters, John R | Problems in developing an Ejagham orthography | 1982 | Cahiers du Département des Langues Africaines et Linguistique | Literacy and Education |
| Watters, John R | Conference on comparative Bantu linguistics, Butare, Rwanda, August 15-23, 1984 | 1986 | Notes on Linguistics | Linguistics |
| Watters, John R | Grassfields Bantu | 2003 | Routledge language family series | Linguistics, Sociolinguistics |
| Watters, John R | Tone in Western Ejagham (Etung): the case of lexical and postlexical tone on nouns | 2000 | | Linguistics |
| Watters, John R | Some phonological characteristics of Ejagham (Etung), an Ekoid Bantu language of Cameroon and Nigeria | 2001 | Grammatische analysen Afrikanischer Sprachen | Linguistics |
| Nkiri-Er?m, Ayamba; Watters, John R.; Watters, Kathie | Ara na ngan etat: Ngan ejagham 2 | 1985 | | |
| Watters, John R. | Focus and the Ejagham verb system: from syntactic to semantic sub-categorization. | 2010 | | Linguistics |
| Watters, John R. | Review of: A pedagogic grammar of Babanki - a Grassfields language of Northwest Cameroon, Akumby, Pius W. & Evelyn Fogwe Chibaka, editors | 2016 | Afrika und Ubersee | Linguistics |
| Watters, John R. | Bible translation and human dignity in Africa: the case of the Ejagham speaking people in Cameroon | 2011 | | Community Development, Missiology, Sociolinguistics, Scripture Engagement, Translation |
| Watters, John R | L’alphabétisation en langues nationales: mythe ou réalité: Étude de cas | 1989 | | Literacy and Education |
| Etta Etta, Patrick; Tambe-Nchinge, Peter; Watters, John R.; Watters, Kathie | Ngan Ejagham I | 1981 | | |
| Watters, John R | Focus in Aghem: a study of its formal correlates and typology | 1979 | | Translation |
| Watters, John R | Bantoid overview | 1989 | | Sociolinguistics |
| Thwing, Rhonda Ann and John R. Watters | Focus in Vute | 1987 | Journal of African Languages and Linguistics | Translation |
| Watters, John R | The place of morphology in functional grammar: the case of the Ejagham verb system | 1985 | Functional grammar series | Linguistics |
| Watters, John R. and Jacqueline Leroy | Southern Bantoid | 1989 | | Sociolinguistics |
