W/Mariam, Hirut (PhD)Abza, Tsehay2021-03-292023-11-082021-03-292023-11-082008-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/25736This thesis attempts to investigate and describe the inflectional and derivational morphology of nouns in Gurage languages. It compares and contrasts the morphological properties of nouns in the languages. The study also provides a brief description of the phonemic inventory of the languages The Gurage linguistic group comprises several languages. For ease of manageability, this study deals with three selected languages of the group, namely Soodo, Muher and Eza.Based on their morphological properties, the study categorizes the selected languages into two: Soddo in one group and Muher and Eza in the other. This study also identifies that Soddo is more conservative preserving the archaic morphological forms, while Muher and Eza appear to be more innovative.This study also addresses the position of Muher in the group, which is a controversial issue for various scholars. The position of Muher, that is, whether it belongs to the Northern Gurage group or to the Western Gurage group has been a point of controversy. This study confirms that Muher is closer to the languages of Western Gurage than to those within the Northern Gurage group.enInflectionalDerivationalThesis