| Everett, Daniel L | Syllable weight, sloppy phonemes, and channels in Pirahã discourse | 1985 | | Linguistics |
| Merrifield, William R., editor | South American Kinship: Eight Kinship Systems from Brazil and Colombia | 1985 | Publications in Ethnography | Anthropology |
| Merrifield, William R., editor | Five Amazonian Studies on Worldview and Cultural Change | 1985 | Publications in Ethnography | Anthropology |
| Crofts, Marjorie | Mother-tongue translator training and one-book workshop wedded | 1985 | Notes on Translation | Academic Training, Translation |
| Odmark, Mary Ann and Rachel M. Landin | On Paumarí social organization | 1985 | Publications in Ethnography | Anthropology |
| Abbott, Miriam | Subordinate clauses in Macushi | 1985 | | Linguistics |
| Groth, Christa | Syntax of the phrase types in canamarí | 1985 | | Linguistics |
| Chapman, Shirley | Subordinate clauses in Paumari | 1985 | | Linguistics |
| Kakumasu, Kiyoko | Urubu-Kaapor girls' puberty rites | 1985 | | Anthropology |
| Aberdour, Catherine | Referential devices in Apurinã discourse | 1985 | | Linguistics |
| Davis, Irvine | Some macro-Jê relationships | 1985 | | Sociolinguistics |
| Crofts, Marjorie | Notes on the translation of the Gospel of Mark | 1985 | | Translation |
| Popovich, A. Harold | Discourse phonology of Maxakalí: a multilevel, multiunit approach | 1985 | | Linguistics |
| Jensen, Allen A | Sistemas indígenas de classificação de aves: Aspectos comparativos, ecológicos e evolutivos | 1985 | | Anthropology |
| Bontkes, Willem and Robert A. Dooley | Verification particles in Suruí | 1985 | | Linguistics |
| Bontkes, Carolyn | Subordinate clauses in Suruí | 1985 | | Linguistics |
| van der Meer, Tine H | Case marking in Suruí | 1985 | | Linguistics |
| Dooley, Kathie; Dooley, Robert A. | Nhanhemboꞌe aguã nhandeayvu py [1-5] | 1985 | | |
| Chapman, Shirley; Salzer, Meinke | Vamos ler: Cartilha de transição para os falantes da língua paumarí | 1985 | | |
| Everett, Daniel L. | A note on ergativity, S’, and S’’ in Karitiana | 1985 | Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session | Linguistics |
| Kakumasu, Kiyoko | Urubú-Kaapor girls’ puberty rites | 1985 | Publications in Ethnography | Anthropology |
| Crofts, Marjorie | Aspectos da língua mundurukú | 1985 | | Language and Culture Learning |
| Paumarí, Bano; Paumarí, Evanildo; Paumarí, Olavo; Paumarí, Totoi | Olavo, Bano, Evanildo, Totoi vihiki vaathi kapapirani hida | 1985 | | |
| Banawá - Jarauára - Jamamadí Dialect Survey | 1985 | | Language Assessment |
| Mullen, Mary; Mullen, Paul | Histórias e Mitos na Língua Xokleng | 1985 | | |
| ꞌYmexti-me me Tũm-reꞌã Ujarẽnh-neja | 1985 | | |
| Pyngrànhti-reme me Tũm-reꞌã Ujarẽnh-neja | 1985 | | |
| Stout, Mickey | O Preparo de Cartilhas de Transição para as Línguas Maxacalí e Kayapó: Um Modelo Geral | 1985 | | Literacy and Education |
| Pickering, Ida Lou; Pickering, Wilbur N. | Amaiõkatsopata 2 | 1985 | | |
| Campbell, Barbara | Jamamadi noun phrases | 1985 | | Linguistics |
| Derbyshire, Desmond C | Hixkaryana and Linguistic Typology | 1985 | SIL International Publications in Linguistics | Linguistics |
| Stute, Horst | Os auxiliares dinâmicos da língua gavião | 1985 | | Linguistics |
| Everett, Daniel L | Uma introdução aos princípios básicos da teoria de regência e vinculação: a teoria chomskyana e uma discussão epistemológica | 1985 | Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Etnolingüísticos | Linguistics |
| Landin, Rachel M | Nature and culture in four Karitiana legends | 1985 | Publications in Ethnography | Anthropology |
| Weiss, Helga E | Kayabí (Tupian) kinship terminology | 1985 | Publications in Ethnography | Anthropology |
| Chapman, Shirley | Problems in Paumarí acculturation | 1985 | Publications in Ethnography | Anthropology |
| Bontkes, Carolyn and William R. Merrifield | On Surui (Tupian) social organization | 1985 | Publications in Ethnography | Anthropology |
| Sheffler, E. Margaret | Some cultural correlates for Galatians | 1985 | Notes on Translation | Anthropology, Translation |
| Everett, Daniel L | Dialogue and the selection of data for a grammar | 1985 | | Linguistics |
| Fortune, David L., editor | Porto Velho Workpapers | 1985 | | Linguistics |
| Crowell, Thomas H | Report: First SIL International Literacy Consultant Seminar, 1985 | 1985 | Notes on Literacy | Literacy and Education |
| Mullen, Paul; Vandresen, Paulino | O bilingüísmo xokleng/português no Posto Duque de Caxias | 1985 | | Sociolinguistics |
