Core/Cultural Borrowing in Sabaot from Kiswahili: An analysis of Sabaot/Kiswahili Bilinguals in Mount Elgon Region, Kenya

This study is an analysis of lexical borrowing nominals in Sabaot from Kiswahili. The two languages under differ each other significant ways. Kiswahili, for example, a language the Niger-Congo family classified by Ethnologue as ISO 639-3: SWA, while on hand, belongs to Southern Nilotic group that occupies Mount Elgon area. research was guided specific objective; investigate spoken young, middle-aged, and older Sabaot/Kiswahili bilingual speakers. theories, namely Borrowing Transfer Theory Terence Odlin (1989) Ethnolinguistic Vitality (EVT) Giles Taylor (1977). As way data collection, wordlist questionnaires were issued 30 bilinguals Chepyuk ward Bungoma County, Kenya. results indicated there extensive core borrowings Kiswahili nouns into language. findings further showed more among younger middle-aged than bilinguals.