| The sociolinguistic situation of the Lezgi in Azerbaijan JM Clifton, L Lucht, G Deckinga, J Mak, C Tiessen | 30 | 2005 |
| The Kaki Ae language JM Clifton Materials on languages in danger of disappearing in the Asia-Pacific region …, 1997 | 24* | 1997 |
| Sociolinguistic situation of the Tat and Mountain Jews in Azerbaijan JM Clifton, G Deckinga, L Lucht, C Tiessen SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2005-017, 2005 | 18 | 2005 |
| Sociolinguistic situation of the Talysh in Azerbaijan J Clifton, C Tiessen, G Deckinga, L Lucht SIL Electronic Survey Papers 2005-009, 2005 | 17 | 2005 |
| The causative mechanism in Jinghpaw LR Maran, JM Clifton Syntax and semantics 6, 443-458, 1976 | 16 | 1976 |
| The sociolinguistic situation of the Avar in Azerbaijan JM Clifton, J Mak, G Deckinga, L Lucht, C Tiessen SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2005-015, 2005 | 12 | 2005 |
| Do the Talysh and Tat languages have a future in Azerbaijan? JM Clifton Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, North Dakota Session 49, 1-5, 2009 | 10 | 2009 |
| Colonialism, nationalism and language vitality in Azerbaijan JM Clifton Responses to Language Endangerment: In honor of Mickey Noonan. New …, 2013 | 9 | 2013 |
| Downdrift and rule ordering JM Clifton Studies in African Linguistics 7, 175-194, 1976 | 9 | 1976 |
| Nonsegmental tone in Lango JM Clifton Proceedings of the Sixth Conference on African Linguistics, 99-105, 1975 | 9 | 1975 |
| The Sociolinguistic Situation of the Khinalug in Azerbaijan JM Clifton, L Lucht, G Deckinga, C Tiessen SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2005-007, 2005 | 8 | 2005 |
| The sociolinguistic situation of the Tsakhur in Azerbaijan JM Clifton, C Tiessen, G Deckinga, L Lucht SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2005-016, 2005 | 7 | 2005 |
| Orthographic reform in Коре JM Clifton Studies in Melanesian Orthographies, 1-15, 1987 | 6* | 1987 |
| Dialects, Orthography and Society JM Clifton Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North …, 2013 | 5 | 2013 |
| Stable multilingualism in Tajikistan JM Clifton Proceedings from the annual meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society 46, 17-25, 2010 | 5 | 2010 |
| The Sociolinguistic Situation of the Inghiloi of Azerbaijan JM Clifton, C Tiessen, G Deckinga, J Mak SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2005-008, 2005 | 5 | 2005 |
| How many transitivizers are in Kope JM Clifton W. Abraham, T. Givón, & SA Thompson, Discourse grammar and typology (Studies …, 1995 | 5 | 1995 |
| The future of the Shahdagh languages JM Clifton International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2009 (198), 33-45, 2009 | 4 | 2009 |
| Case marking strategies in Kope JM Clifton Work papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North …, 1990 | 4 | 1990 |
| The sociolinguistic situation of the Dargwa in Dagestan V Malyshev, V Malysheva, A Gutz, I Novaya, A Panina, A Yurkova, ... SIL Electronic Survey Report 11, 2019 | 3 | 2019 |
