Talk given at the Developing New Africanists Symposium Note: This talk has not gone through a process of peer review, and findings should therefore be treated as preliminary and subject to change. Acknowledgement and citation: van Ravenhorst, Jeroen. 2021. Perception verbs in Iraqw and Gorwaa. Talk given at the Developing New Africanists (DNA) Symposium, Leiden University. The Netherlands (Online) 12/10.2021. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5574409