Abstract:
This paper examines the adjectives of Fulfulde and Hausa comparatively. Despite the fact that the two languages are from different phylum genetically, yet it is empirical fact to pursue such a line of inquiry not only in identifying and establishing linguistic universals either for the purposes of typology or on a theoretical note but to provide a sound basis of cross-linguistics perspective of adjectives and to bring out salient features shared by both languages as well as cases of disparity. The study employs descriptive approach and the data was collected through native intuition for Fulfulde and Hausa literary text for Hausa adjectives. The study reveals that, Hausa has mainly two major classes of the adjectives thus; morphological class and syntactic class. Fulfulde, has participial adjectives, independent adjectives and derived adjectives. We observed that derived adjectives in Fulfulde are divided into three based on their morphological composition. The two languages have lot of similarities in the adjectives so also the differences that the adjectives both appear as pre- and post-nominally.
Keywords: Comparative, Analysis, Fulfulde, Hausa, Adjectives
DOI: 10.36349/djhs.2025.v03i02.014
author/Muhammad Zaharaddeen Bello & Bashir Usman
journal/Dundaye JOHS, December 2025
