Phonological adaptation of Arabic names in Atebubu (Bono East Region, Ghana)

• Authors: Abdulai Akuamah , John Odoom

Abstracts

EN

This paper discusses the phonological processes embedded in some nativised Arabic personal names in Atebubu, in the Bono East Region of Ghana. The study shows that the main phonological processes entrenched in the nativisation process include segment deletion, vowel insertion, prothesis, substitution, consonant deletion, hypocorism, and free variation. These phonological processes are employed as a mitigation strategy to conform to the phonotactics of Akan. Moreover, the study shows that the Bono speakers usually substitute the consonants [ʃ, z, q, d͡ʑ] with [ɕ, s, k, d͡ʒ], respectively. Data for the study was gathered from both primary and secondary sources.

Keywords

EN

Atebubu; Akan; Bono dialect; nativisation; phonological adaptation; personal names; pronounciation

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Studies in African Languages and Cultures
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 57
• Pages: 175-192

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Abdulai Akuamah

• Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

• https://orcid.org/0000000166253228

author

John Odoom

• University of Education, Winneba, Ghana

• https://orcid.org/000000027727542X

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