Binyam SisayTilahun Wubet2021-03-292023-11-082021-03-292023-11-082009-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/25726This study attempts to desc ribe and a nalyze the various morphological structure of Kafi Noonoo . Ka fi Noonoo is an omotic language in the Afro-asiatic phylum. To a ddress this research, the d a ta were obtained from native informants, an the methods used to co llect the data were elicitation method. The thesis is organized in to s ix chapters. The first chapter presents general information a bout the people and the language. And the inflectional and derivational analysis of the langu age is given from chapter two to chapter five. Finally, summary is given in chapter six. With regard to the findings, it is found out that nouns a re inflected for number, gender , definiteness, and case . Besides, it is indicated that nouns in Kafi Noonoo can be derived from nouns, adjectives and verb stems. In addition to this, four types of pronouns are identified these are: persona l, possessIve, demon strative, and interrogative pronouns. With regard to verbs, it is found out that verbs a re inflected for agreement, tense, mood a nd negative . Besides, three of derived verbs are found . [n chapter five, adjectives and adverbs are examined, and it is indica ted that adjectives can be derived from ve rba l and nouns s tems, adverbs are very few in number. Finally, summary is given in chapter six.EnglishMorphologyThesis