Southern Sakalava dialect
| Southern Sakalava | |
|---|---|
| Native to | |
| Ethnicity | Sakalava |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | saka1291 |
| Linguasphere | 31-LDA-da |
Southern Sakalava is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by the Sakalava from the region of Melaky to Atsimo Andrefana.
Classification
[edit]Southern Sakalava belongs to the Austronesian language family and part of the Southern Malagasic subgroup.[1][2]
Characteristics
[edit]Southern Sakalava is a Malagasy dialect close to Vezo and Masikoro.
Geographic distribution
[edit]Southern Sakalava is a very popular dialect spoken in the city of Morondava.[3] It has regional varieties in Melaky also known as Ambongo, Menabe and Northern Atsimo Andrefana.
Vocabulary
[edit]| # | Gloss | Standard Malagasy | Southern Sakalava |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conjunctions & Connectors | |||
| 1 | And | Sy | No |
| Qualities & Descriptions | |||
| 2 | Beautiful | Tsara | Soa |
| Articles | |||
| 3 | The | Ny | Ty |
| Prepositions | |||
| 4 | From | Avy | Baka |
| Actions & Verbs | |||
| 5 | To watch | Mijery | Manenty |
| Natural World | |||
| 6 | Sky | Lanitra | Lanitry |
| Time | |||
| 7 | Year | Taona | Tao |
| People | |||
| 8 | Woman | Vehivavy | Ampela |
| 9 | Dear | Ry | Lehy |
| Adverbs | |||
| 10 | Only / Also | Ihany / Foana | Avao |
| 11 | Here | Eto | Etoy / Eto |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sambo, Clément; Gueunier, Noël Jacques (2001). Langages non conventionnels à Madagascar : argot des jeunes et proverbes gaillards (in French). Karthala. p. 304.
- ^ Bright, William (1992). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Oxford University Press. p. 205. ISBN 9780195051964.
- ^ "Translations - Islands Mission". Retrieved 2025-05-13.