English Loanword Adaptation in Hindko

Vehicle Vocabulary

Abstract

This paper aims to describe and analyze the phonological restructuring of English loanwords in Hindko vehicle context in terms of syllable patterns and provide explanation(s) for them. The phonological analysis of English loanwords is presented to highlight their syllable patterns after they undergo transformation in terms of Hindko syllable structure. The idea is to see what kind of changes occur and if there is a regular pattern being followed. The data are collected by interviewing Hindko motor- mechanics. The Praat software is used to seek confirmation of ?-epenthesis by the informants to break up clusters in English loanwords. Following the general tendency, the phonological changes take place in borrowed words in accordance with the system of host languages. The same is true to English loanwords in Hindko vehicle register.