4. Loanwords in Hausa, a Chadic language in West Africa

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of contents v
3. General chapters
4. I. The Loanword Typology project and the World Loanword Database 1
5. II. Lexical borrowing: Concepts and issues 35
6. III. Loanwords in the world’s languages: Findings and results 55
7. The languages
8. 1. Loanwords in Swahili 76
9. 2. Loanwords in Iraqw, a Cushitic language of Tanzania 103
10. 3. Loanwords in Gawwada, a Cushitic language of Ethiopia 124
11. 4. Loanwords in Hausa, a Chadic language in West Africa 142
12. 5. Loanwords in Kanuri, a Saharan language 166
13. 6. Loanwords in Tarifiyt, a Berber language of Morocco 191
14. 7. Loanwords in Seychelles Creole 215
15. 8. Loanwords in Romanian 230
16. 9. Loanwords in Selice Romani, an Indo-Aryan language of Slovakia 260
17. 10. Loanwords in Lower Sorbian, a Slavic language of Germany 304
18. 11. Loanwords in Old High German 330
19. 12. Loanwords in Dutch 338
20. 13. Loanwords in British English 360
21. 14. Loanwords in Kildin Saami, a Uralic language of northern Europe 384
22. 15. Loanwords in Bezhta, a Nakh-Daghestanian language of the North Caucasus 414
23. 16. Loanwords in Archi, a Nakh-Daghestanian language of the North Caucasus 430
24. 17. Loanwords in Manange, a Tibeto-Burman Language of Nepal 447
25. 18. Loanwords in Ket 471
26. 19. Loanwords in Sakha (Yakut), a Turkic language of Siberia 496
27. 20. Loanwords in Oroqen, a Tungusic language of China 525
28. 21. Loanwords in Japanese 545
29. 22. Loanwords in Mandarin Chinese 575
30. 23. Loanwords in Thai 599
31. 24. Loanwords in Vietnamese 617
32. 25. Loanwords in White Hmong 638
33. 26. Loanwords in Ceq Wong, an Austroasiatic language of Peninsular Malaysia 659
34. 27. Loanwords in Indonesian 686
35. 28. Loanwords in Malagasy 717
36. 29. Loanwords in Takia, an Oceanic language of Papua New Guinea 747
37. 30. Loanwords in Hawaiian 771
38. 31. Loanwords in Gurindji, a Pama-Nyungan language of Australia 790
39. 32. Loanwords in Yaqui, a Uto-Aztecan language of Mexico 823
40. 33. Loanwords in Zinacantán Tzotzil, a Mayan language of Mexico 848
41. 34. Loanwords in Q’eqchi’, a Mayan language of Guatemala 873
42. 35. Loanwords in Otomi, an Otomanguean language of Mexico 897
43. 36. Loanwords in Saramaccan, an English-based creole of Suriname 918
44. 37. Loanwords in Imbabura Quechua 944
45. 38. Loanwords in Kali’na, a Cariban language of French Guiana 968
46. 39. Loanwords in Hup, a Nadahup language of Amazonia 992
47. 40. Loanwords in Wichí, a Mataco-Mataguayan language of Argentina 1015
48. 41. Loanwords in Mapudungun, a language of Chile and Argentina 1035
49. Backmatter 1072