Abstract
This Article focuses on Aspects of morphological analysis of words borrowed by Adamawa Fulfulde from Hausa. The main objectives of this research is to identify the morphological processes applied on the Fulfulde words borrowed from Hausa. This study employs qualitative research method, the research respondents are selected from the students of Fulfulde Department, Federal College of Education, Yola. The article focuses on morphology, fifteen (15) borrowed lexical loanwords were collected from the field work. The analysis reveals that Fulfulde employs strategies in adopting Hausa loanwords viaSuffixation. The study finds observed that: morphological processes are involved. This is evident from the suffixation of bound morphemes at the end of Hausa words while borrowing them into Fulfulde. Each borrowed loanword takes the suffix that is relevant to the class of the noun and the appropriate suffix grade. The Hausa word zamani for example, changes the initial consonant to [ʤ] and the final vowel /i/ is replaced by [u] because the noun in Fulfulde belongs to the -ɳgu class; hence, it takes the grade A [-u] suffix. The findings of research have implications on the expansion and growth of the language as the research discusses morphological modifications which loanwords undergo to help the language develop its vocabulary.
DOI: www.doi.org/10.36349/sojolics.2025.v01i02.011
author/Abubakar, A., & Hussaini, B.
journal/Sokoto JOLICS 1(2) | November 2025 |
