A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PRONOMINAL SUFFIXES IN SINDHI AND BRAHUI: A MORPHOSYNTACTIC STUDY

Abstract

This research work compares and analyzes the pronominal suffixes in Sindhi and Brahui. The study of pronominal suffixes falls within the category of morphology, hence the morphology of both languages is the primary emphasis of this study. The study seeks to explore single and dual pronominal suffixes with verbs, and single pronominal suffixes with nouns, pronouns, verbs, auxiliaries, and post-positions in both languages. This study aims to see if pronominal suffixes exist in various aspects of Sindhi and Brahui. Frank's (2018) Person Case Constraints (PCC) has been used as a theoretical framework to provide a direction for finding the sequence of suffixes in Sindhi and Brahui. Sindhi attaches one or two suffixes to numerous hosts in a definite order of priority, whereas Brahui attaches only one suffix to various hosts. The qualitative method is used to conduct the study which is based on both primary and secondary data to analyse the use of pronominal suffixes in both languages. The relevant research study is descriptive and exploratory, dealing with its qualitative description, analysis, investigation, and discoveries. The research uncovers the presence of pronominal suffixes at various places in both languages. Pronominal suffixes with nouns and dual suffixes with pronouns are present in both languages, but only Sindhi has a single suffix of the pronoun with the verb, auxiliaries, and postpositions. The study finds much similarity between Sindhi and Brahui which indicates strong historical connections between the two languages.