Handshake Across the Niger: A Study of Linguistics Outcome in Yoruba-Hausa Contact
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2023-06-10
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ZIJOH
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This paper examined the relationship between the Yoruba people of South-western
Nigeria and the Hausa people of Northern Nigeria within the scope of linguistics.
The objective of this paper is to analyze the relationship that exists between these
two tribes using linguistic evidence which include analysis of Yoruba borrowed
words from Hausa language and Hausa related Yoruba proverbs and proverbial
expressions. This work is descriptive in nature and data were gathered from existing
literature and from ideal native speakers of Yoruba language with the aid of
selected Hausa language helpers. The research findings revealed that Yoruba
borrowed words from Hausa language can be classifiedinto two classes which are
Alternative borrowing and Nonalternative borrowing. It also discovered that
Hausa related Yoruba proverbs and proverbial expressions can be classified to
Derogatory Hausa related proverbs which show some form of hate speech and Non-
derogatory Hausa related Yoruba proverbs.
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This paper carried out a linguistics analysis of the relationship between the Yoruba people of South-Western Nigeria and the Hausa people of Northern Nigeria.
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