Derivation of nouns from selected verbs This project focuses on the documentation of Cifungwa folktales. Yakubu derived nouns from some selected verbs. It also involves explanation on the nominal prefixes. He is a young farmer who speaks Cifungwa. He has spent most part of his life in Ringa community. Yakubu's hobby is playing football. He lived in Ilesa, Osun state for two months. Yakubu followed Samuel to Minna as a consultant and a research assistant for this project. The relocation to Minna was due to civil disorder and kidnapping in Alawa, a nearby community. She is a student at the Department of Linguistics, University of Ilorin. She is in her third year at the University. She was born in Kaduna where she has spent most of her life. He is a native speaker of Yoruba from Ogun state. He is also the investigator