The complexity of cases and nominal morphology in awngi language of ethiopia

Abstract

The article basically examines the nominal morphology of Awngi language. After the Introduction, a review of related literature is given. The body of the paper explains the language with examples. Then, results from the study are presented. The first set of data comes from three of the native speakers of the Language. The second phase is from one of the writers of this article because the concerned language his mother-tongue. The analysis reveals the common rules using tables with exceptions and examples. The examples are also elaborated for detailed understanding. It also assesses the affixation of ordinal numbers. The affixes used in different genders are different. It is true that Awngi is right-headed language because all elements are in the right side of the words. Awngi has no adpositions; instead it is the language rich in suffixes. The presence of plenty of case markers is another characteristic of Awngi language.