Masikoro dialect

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Masikoro
Native to
EthnicityMasikoro people[1]
Native speakers
821,000 [2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologmasi1273
Linguasphere31-LDA-cf
Masikoro dialect sample 1
Masikoro people explaining their opposition to the Base Toliara mining project.
Masikoro dialect sample 2
A Masikoro woman opposed to the Base Toliara Project judging it won't benefit her children's future.

Masikoro is a dialect of Malagasy[3] spoken by Masikoro in the province of Toliara.[4]

Classification

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Masikoro dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family and part of the subgroup of malagasy dialect known as Southern malagasic. It's very close to Vezo and Southern Sakalava.[5][6]

Geographic distribution

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Masikoro is a very popular dialect in the inland of Atsimo Andrefana while Vezo dialect dominated its coast.

Vocabulary

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Masikoro Vocabulary with Standard Malagasy comparison
# Gloss Standard Malagasy Masikoro
1 To accept Manaiky Magnenky
2 If Raha Laha
3 Girl / Woman Vehivavy Ampela
4 Fear Matahotra Matahotsy
5 Only / Also Ihany / Foana Avao
6 Who Iza Ia
7 From Avy Baka
8 Not yet Tsy mbola Mbo
9 Opinion Hevitra Hevitsy
10 Near Eo akaiky Mariniky
11 How Ahoana Ahoa
12 Hungry Noana Masaregny
13 Witness Vavolombelona Vavolombelo
14 When Rehefa Lahafa
15 Five Dimy Limy
16 Where Aiza Aia
17 Now / At the present time Amin’izao fotoana izao Ananikizao
18 They Zareo Rozy
19 I Izaho Raho
20 Weapon Fitaovam-piadiana Fitaovapiadia

References

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  1. ^ "Madagascar et Malgache". motmalgache.org.
  2. ^ "Malagasy, Masikoro language resources | Joshua Project". joshuaproject.net.
  3. ^ "The Antananarivo Annual and Madagascar Magazine". The Antananarivo Annual and Madagascar Magazine (4): 124. 1878.
  4. ^ Molet, Louis (1957). Petit guide de toponymie malgache (PDF) (in French). Tananarive: Scientific Research Institute of Madagascar, Department of Human Sciences. pp. map (unnumbered) + p. 7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) The map is placed before the numbered pages.
  5. ^ Bright, William (1992). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Oxford University Press. p. 205. ISBN 9780195051964.
  6. ^ Proverbes malgaches en dialecte masikoro. 1996. p. 2.


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