English an Dyakkha Kinship Terms

Abstract

This thesis entitled"ENGLISH AND YAKKHA KINSHIP TERMS"wascarried out to find out Yakkha kinship terms used for various relations andcompare these with English kinship relations. To accomplish the objectives ofthe study, the researcher collected data from the Yakkha native speakers ofUrlabari and DangihatVDCs of Morang district. The sample size of the studyconsisted of 60 Yakkha native speakers who were selected using snow ballsampling procedure. English kinship terms were taken from secondary sourcesof data. An interview schedule, paper and pen were used to 30 illiterate personsand questionnaire was used to 30 literate persons for collection of Yakkhakinship terms. The study shows that Yakkha terms are rich in comparison toEnglish kinship terms. English has various cover terms such as cousin, siblings,offspring etc. whereas such cover terms are rarely found in Yakkha. There is noany distinction between the terms used by male and female ego except the twoterms 'husband' and 'wife' in English whereas Yakkha has distinctive kinshipterms, such as 'hinkhupa', 'hinkhuma' on the basis of male and female ego. This thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter deals with generalbackground, review of the related literature, objectives and significance of thestudy. The second chapter includes sources of data, 60native speakers ofYakkha dialect from Dangihat and Urlabari VDCs of Morang district in theprimary source. Likewise, this chapterincludesresearch tools and process ofdata collection. The third chapter consists of analysis and interpretation of thedata obtainedfrom the research collection as well as the responses of the studyfrom interview. Lastly, the fourth chapter comprises findings andrecommendation of the thesis. Final part of the thesis entails references andappendices.