Antakarana dialect

Antakarana
Native to	Madagascar
Ethnicity	Antakarana people
Native speakers	221,000
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Western Indonesian Barito East Barito Northern Malagasic Antakarana
Writing system	Latin script (Malagasy alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xmv
Glottolog	anta1255
Linguasphere	31-LDA-fa

Antakarana is a northern dialect of Malagasy spoken by Antakarana people in the province of Antsiranana.

Classification

Antakarana is a northern dialect of the Malagasy language, which belongs to the Austronesian family. It is closely related to Northern Sakalava, Bushi, Northern Betsimisaraka, and Tsimihety dialects.

Geographic distribution

Antakarana is the popular dialect in the regions of Diana and to a lesser extent Sava and Sofia.

Characteristics

The prolonged French presence in Antsiranana province has led speakers of the Antakarana dialect to incorporate French vocabulary into their language, resulting in a blend of native and French linguistic elements.

Vocabulary

English	Malagasy standard	Antakarana
Day	Andro	Andra
Today	Androany	Niany
Month	Volana	Vôlana
Year	Taona	Tôna
Always	Foana	Fô
All	Avy	Jiaby
Only	Ihany/Fotsiny	Fô/Fôtiny
And	Sy	Ndreky
That	Izany	Zegny
Who	Iza	Azôvy
Here	Ato/Aty	Atô/Aty
From	Avy	Baka
They	Zareo/Ireo	Irô
We/Us	Zahay	Zahe/Zehy
You	Anao	Anô
To give	Manome	Magnamia
To let	Avela	Ambila
To put	Mametraka	Magnampetrika