Hausa in Fula
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20148698 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ritsuko MIYAMOTO (Seirei Women's Junior College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 1990 |
| Issue | 36 |
| Pages | 1-12 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0065-4140 • E-ISSN: 1884-5533 |
| Publisher | Japan Association for African Studies (PUBLISHER • JP) |
| DOI | 10.11619/africa1964.1990.1 |
| OpenAlex | W2330809971 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This paper investigates the way Fula, or Fulfulde, borrows vocabulary from Hausa, its most influential neighboring language in the eastern part of the areas where Fula is spoken. First, phonological features are described. Some consonants that do not exist in Fula are replaced by their closest correspondences, such as z>j, ts>s, 'k>k etc. Second, morphological aspects of the borrowing are considered, especially referring to the Fula consonant alternation system. It is observed that the choice of which nominal class a Hausa loan should belong to is determined morphologically as well as semantically.Another point is that only one kind of consonant-grade, namely the continuant grade, is allowed for suffixes of loan-words
Consonant · Hausa · Linguistics · Vocabulary · Computer Science · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies · Migration, Identity, and Health · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |