Mikea dialect
| Mikea | |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Mikea |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | mike1243 |
Mikea is a Southern Malagasy dialect spoken by the Mikea people in the region of Atsimo-Andrefana. It is closely related to the dialects spoken by the Vezo and Masikoro communities.[1][2]
Vocabulary
[edit]| # | Gloss | Standard Malagasy | Mikea |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Us | Izahay | Rahay |
| 2 | Again | Indray | Ndreky |
| 3 | To watch | — | Manenty |
| 4 | Good | Tsara / Soa | Soa |
| 5 | If | Raha | Laha |
| 6 | They / Them | Zareo | Rozy |
| 7 | Bad | Ratsy | Raty |
| 8 | You (singular) | Anao | Iha |
| 9 | All | Avy | Iaby |
| 10 | Guest | Vahiny | Vahiny |
| 11 | Above | Ambony | Agnabo |
References
[edit]- ^ Lefèvre, Gabriel (2013). Médecine traditionnelle à Madagascar : Les mots-plantes. Paris: L'Harmattan. p. 297. ISBN 9782343016894.
- ^ Grimes, Barbara F. (2000). Summer Institute of Linguistics (ed.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (14th ed.). SIL International. p. 295. ISBN 9780883128152.
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