The Influence of the Arabic Language on the Kanemu Language at the Morphological, Gramatical and Rhetorocal Levels Descriptive Study

Abstract

The Kanembu people are among the Muslim peoples residing in western Chad, eastern Niger and northern Nigeria. Their language is one of the major Chadian languages. Many radio programs are presented in it on the Chadian National Radio, and its speakers are widespread in Chad and in some of its neighboring countries, especially in Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon.

In this research, models were studied that illustrate the characteristics of the Kanembu language in terms of its morphological structures, and its grammatical and rhetorical methods. This study is almost one of the first studies in this language, if not the first, as far as I know.

The researcher seeks to clarify the aspects of the Arabic linguistic influence on the Kanmi language, as a contribution to confirming the antiquity of Arab relations with the Chadians in general, and the Kanmi in particular, and then highlighting the aspects of the common Kanmi-Arab heritage.

Since this research was previous in its subject; The descriptive approach was used to describe the linguistic phenomenon in the Kanembu language and sometimes compare it with Arabic, because it is the greatest language in the Kanembu geography. The researcher relied in his study on his personal knowledge of this language, which is his mother tongue.

The study reached results, including: The Kanembu language is characterized by patterns and methods that distinguish it from others, and its methods are generally distinguished by the use of certain phrases, expressions, and tones in the Kanembu language. It has levels and dialects that vary according to the geography of its speakers, between the Kanem region, the Lake region, northern Nigeria, and eastern Niger, and that in the language Kanambo is a sound tone and rhythm that performs a task in understanding the meanings of sentences.