Betsileo dialect

Betsileo
Betsileo
Native to	Madagascar;
Ethnicity	Betsileo
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Western Indonesian Barito East Barito Central-Eastern Malagasic Plateaux Malagasy Betsileo; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin script (Malagasy alphabet);
Language codes
ISO 639-1	mg
ISO 639-3	plt
Glottolog	bets1235
Linguasphere	31-LDA-aj
	Betsileo dialect sample 1 A woman speaking in the Betsileo dialect about helping malnourished children. ; Betsileo dialect sample 2 Betsileo peasants praising support received from ADRA projects in the Betsileo dialect.

Betsileo is a dialect of Malagasy spoken in the homeland of Betsileo people.^[1]

Classification

Betsileo is an Austronesian language part of the Plateaux branch of Malagasy language.^[2]

Betsileo dialect is widely spoken in the regions of Amoron'i Mania and Matsiatra Ambony.^[3]

v t e Languages of Madagascar
Official languages	French Malagasy
Malagasy dialects	Sahafatra Antefasy Betsileo Vakinankaratra Masikoro Anjoaty Tanosy Bezanozano Antambahoaka Zafisoro Vezo Sihanaka Tanala Antakarana Antesaka Tsimihety Northern Sakalava Antaimoro Bara Southern Betsimisaraka Northern Betsimisaraka
Foreign languages	English
Sign languages	Malagasy Sign Language

Betsileo
Native to	Madagascar
Ethnicity	Betsileo
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Western Indonesian Barito East Barito Central-Eastern Malagasic Plateaux Malagasy Betsileo
Writing system	Latin script (Malagasy alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-1	`mg`
ISO 639-3	`plt`
Glottolog	`bets1235`
Linguasphere	`31-LDA-aj`
Betsileo dialect sample 1 A woman speaking in the Betsileo dialect about helping malnourished children. Betsileo dialect sample 2 Betsileo peasants praising support received from ADRA projects in the Betsileo dialect.