Phonological Adaptation of Dholuo Verbs and Nouns Borrowed into Ekegusii
Dorothy Kwamboka Magara, George Anyona & George AberiDepartment of Languages, LinguisticsKisii University, KenyaEmail: dorothymagara@gmail.com Abstract: This study evaluates how Dholuo lexical items (nouns and verbs) that got their way into EkeGusii language are integrated and nativised to fit within EkeGusii phonological inventory. Languages tend to borrow words from other languages when they get into contact…