| Anderson, Stephen C | An autosegmental account of Bamileke-Dschang tonology | 1980 | Journal of Linguistic Research | Linguistics |
| Watters, John R | Review of: Functional grammar, by Simon C. Dik | 1980 | Lingua | Linguistics |
| Anderson, Stephen C | The noun classes of Ngyemboon-Bamileke | 1980 | Southern California Occasional Papers in Linguistics | Linguistics |
| Hedinger, Robert | The noun classes of Akɔ́ɔ̄sē (Bakossi) | 1980 | Southern California Occasional Papers in Linguistics | Linguistics |
| Giger, Martha | Daba narrative | 1980 | | Linguistics |
| Lienhard, Ruth | Le verbe en daba | 1980 | | Linguistics |
| Ubels, Edward H. and Virginia Ubels | Phonology of Karang | 1980 | | Linguistics |
| Robinson, Clinton D. W | The internal structure of a Gunu narrative text | 1980 | Cahiers de Littérature Orale | Linguistics |
| Grebe, Winnifred, editor | Liste de 2.000 mots qui servira de base à un lexique | 1980 | | Language Assessment, Linguistics |
| Scruggs, Terri R | Vowel harmony in Yamba | 1980 | Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics | Linguistics |
| Scruggs, Terri R | Segmental phonology of nouns in Yamba | 1980 | | Linguistics |
| Giger, Martha; Lienhard, Ruth | Les relations entre les propositions en langue daba | 1980 | | Linguistics |
| Hollingsworth, Kenneth R. | A study of tone, stress, and intonation in Mofu-Gudur | 1980 | | Linguistics |
| Jackson, Ellen M | Aspect, tense, and time shifts in Tikar | 1980 | Journal of African Languages and Linguistics | Linguistics |
