Anvita Abbi is credited with 19 books, authored, coauthored and edited. Her writings cover the typology, structures and ethno linguistic aspects of languages and their documentation. Her work spanned the entire Indian subcontinent and the most known among her works is her project, "Vanishing Voices of the Great Andamanese".

Her Hindi short story anthology, "Mutthhi Bhar Pahcaan", was published in 1969.

Anvita Abbi has also published over 80 articles in national and international peer reviewed journals. Some of her notable articles are:

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