TABLE OF CONTENT

Title page   i

Approval page    ii

Dedication    iii

Acknowledgement    iv

Table of Content    v

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.0 Introduction    1

1.1 Statement of the problem    2

1.2 purpose of the study    3

1.3 The significance of the study    3

1.4 Objectives of the study    4

1.5 Research Question/Hypothesis    4

1.6 Scope and limitation    5

1.7 Definition of terms    5

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.0 Introduction    7

2.1 The Nature of Language    7

2.2 Brief account of Hausa Language    8

2.3 An Overview of phonology    10

2.4 Phonological Processes    14

2.5 Some phonological processes in Hausa    17

2.6 Labialization in Hausa    20

2.7 Palatalization in Hausa    22

2.8 The Alveolar and labio-velar "w"    23

2.9 The velars /k/, /g/, and / ƙ/    25

CHAPTER THREE: DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

3.1 Data presentation on Labialization    28

3.2 Data Analysis on Labialization    29

3.3 Data presentation on Palatalization     32

3.4 Data Analysis on Palatalization    34

CHAPTER FOUR: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

4.1 Summary    38

4.2 Conclusions    39

4.3 Suggestions    40

References    41