Integrity Journal of Arts and Humanities

This paper explores a method of pluralization through the modification process in the Warji language. Warji is a minor language of the West Chadic Family in the Afro-Asiatic phylum. The language is spoken in Bauchi and Jigawa States in northern Nigeria. It is a language with very few linguistic studies. Their people have scattered in different places in Nigeria. The language is now on the verge of extinction. Therefore, the intention of this paper is to make a descriptive analysis of plural strategies with a view to identifying how singular base forms a plural noun in this language. The study uses Beard Lexeme-Morpheme Base Morphology theory. The paper used a simple random sampling technique and selected very few nouns for analysis.  This was employed through interviews, observations and grounded wordlist. The study reveals that pluralisation in this language exists through a modification process such as the plural markers that include vowel alternation; this is where the plural marker is on vowel quality initially, medially and finally. There is a segmental subtraction; this is where the plural marker is upon a missing consonant, vowel or final syllable. There is an initial vowel lengthening while complete modification consists of suppletive and zero plurals. Partial modification is more productive as it comprises vowel substitution, segmental subtraction and initial vowel lengthening, and complete modification consists of suppletive and zero plurals.