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Aspects Of Gunganchi Verb Phrase
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1.3.6.1 CLOTHING
Before the present day of westernization and
civilization the Gunganchi people cloth themselves with animal skin.
They make various styles from these animal skins. They now make use of
‘banbariga’ (traditional dress for the man) and loose clothing with
local embroidery tied around the woman’s body to wade off the sun. There
are also heavy tribal marks on the woman’s face and tattoo on the legs
during wedding ceremonies. However some of them still make use of animal
skins till date.
1.3.6.2 FOOD
The Gunganchi people take
guinea corn pap as their best food. They like guinea corn that most of
them prefer keeping it than selling it in the market. Guinea corn pap is
served at occasions like wedding, naming and during other festive
periods. Burukutu (local gin) is their favourite drink and is served
during their leisure time.
1.3.6.3 NAMING CEREMONY
When a child is born, he is named after seven days. His hair is shaved and after ten years the child is circumcised.
1.3.7. EDUCATION
Before the advent of western education, the people have a way of
teaching morals and skills within their community to their children.
They hereby teach and impact knowledge to their children right from
birth. Hence when western education came it was warmly embraced by the
Gunganchi people. However Gunganchi language was also used in teaching
Islamic studies to their children.
1.3.8 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
In this study an attempt is made to identify the following;
1 The pattern and arrangement of words in Gunganchi language, i.e. word order;
2 The lexical categories of Gunganchi language
3 The transformational processes in Gunganchi language
4 Combination of words to form phrases and sentences in Gunganchi language
5 Rules that apply to structure of phrase in the language; and
6 Classification of verbs in Gunganchi language.
1.4 GENETIC CLASSIFICATION
Murit Ruhlen states that “The idea that groups of languages that share
certain systematic resemblances have inherited those similarities from a
common origin in the basis of genetic classification.
A genetic
classification thus makes two statements. Firstly it affirms that
certain languages are in fact related to each other (i.e. share a common
ancestor). Secondly, it specifies how the languages are inter-related
in the form of a branching diagram.
Gunganchi language falls under the Niger-Kordofanian
language family. (Ross Jones 1992)
AFRICAN LANGUAGE
AFRO-ASIATIC NIGER NUO SAHARAN KHOISAN
KORDOFANIAN
MANDE NEW BENUE ATLANTIC VOLTA KORDOFANIAN
CONGO CONGO
OKO DEFOID KAINJI IDOMOID EDOID WOLOF
WESTERN KAINJI EASTERN KAINJI
KAMUKU KAINJI GUNGANCHI KANBARI BASSA LOPA
LAKE (GUNGAWA)
FIG 1.0: GENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF GUNGANCHI BY ROSS JONES
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