| Jarvis, Elizabeth | Some considerations in establishing the basic word order of Podoko | 1981 | Studies in African Linguistics | Linguistics |
| Fluckiger, Cheryl and Annie Whaley | A proposed writing system for the Mandara language | 1981 | | Linguistics |
| Hedinger, Robert, Joseph Ekandjoum, and Sylvia Hedinger | Petite grammaire de la langue mboó | 1981 | | Language and Culture Learning |
| Anderson, Stephen C. and Jeanette Swackhamer | From consonants to downstep in Podoko | 1981 | Studies in African Linguistics | Linguistics |
| Wiesemann, Ursula, editor | Chadic language studies in northern Cameroon | 1981 | Africana Marburgensia | Academic Training |
| Fluckiger, Cheryl and Annie Whaley | The uses of three prepositions in Mandara | 1981 | Africana Marburgensia | Linguistics |
| Watters, John R | A phonology and morphology of Ejagham, with notes on dialect variation | 1981 | | Linguistics |
| Giger, Martha; Lienhard, Ruth | Cubu age matike tik | 1981 | | |
| Thwing, Rhonda Ann; Thwing, Ronald | Juu Manáá ɓe gbàŋ noò | 1981 | | |
| Giger, Martha; Lienhard, Ruth | Pan Zewa age mandala tik Tǝmba | 1981 | | |
| Haller, Beat; Haller, Irma; Mezewete, Philippe | Ahǝm hiyeŋ 1 | 1981 | | |
| Wiering, Marinus | Dɛɛrwol dooyąą gokigyɔ: Mi ɗɛɛɗɛ zaŋgugo | 1981 | | |
| Wiesemann, Ursula and Noël Djemadjioudjiel | Prominence in Ngambay | 1981 | Studies in African Linguistics | Linguistics |
| Rose, Susan | The illustrated book of animals of Africa | 1981 | | |
| Grebe, Karl; Kánjo, Sylvester Kòŋnsoʼ; Tsǝmkòŋ, Patrick Meliim | Ŋwàʼ yeʼey 1 | 1981 | | |
| Thwing, Rhonda Ann | Vute orthography statement | 1981 | | Literacy and Education |
| Parker, Elizabeth | Some aspects of the phonology of Mundani | 1981 | | Linguistics |
| Hedinger, Robert | Pronouns in Akɔɔse | 1981 | Studies in African Linguistics | Linguistics |
| Etta Etta, Patrick; Tambe-Nchinge, Peter; Watters, John R.; Watters, Kathie | Ngan Ejagham I | 1981 | | |
| Haller, Beat, Sylvia Hedinger, and Ursula Wiesemann | The verbal complex in Zulgo | 1981 | Africana Marburgensia | Linguistics |
| Robinson, Clinton D. W | S.I.L. Cameroun: Rapport annuel/Annual report, 1980-81 | 1981 | | Communications |
| Haller, Beat; Haller, Irma; Lawarum, Ayouba | Sǝ̀kǝ̀hakwa à medzeŋge | 1981 | | |
| Shell, Olive A | Helps for teachers of informal literacy in the mother tongue | 1981 | | Literacy and Education |
| Swackhamer, Jeanette and Elizabeth Jarvis | Notes on the internal structure of Podoko narrative discourse | 1981 | Africana Marburgensia | Linguistics |
| Shell, Olive A | Philosophy and procedure in primer making of SIL, Cameroon, 1981 | 1981 | | Literacy and Education |
| Wiesemann, Ursula | Native speaker reaction and the development of writing systems for unwritten languages | 1981 | Cahiers du Département des Langues Africaines et Linguistique | Literacy and Education |
