A Comparative Study of Morphological Processes in English and Hausa Languages

Abstract This work aims at investigating the relationship that exist between English and Hausa languages at the level of their morphological processes, and the implication this relationship has on the teaching and learning situation. The study adopted a contrastive analysis theory. The study adopts a comparative linguistic methodology, utilizing descriptive analysis of secondary data to highlight the similarities and differences between Hausa and English languages. The major findings reveal that while both languages employ affixation as a primary morphological process, Hausa predominantly relies on prefixation, suffixation, reduplication, and infixation, whereas English is more dependent on suffixation and compounding. The findings contribute to a broader understanding of language structure and have implications linguistic studies and language teaching. The study concludes that although both languages share universal morphological principle, their differences stem from typological and historical evolution.