Northern Betsimisaraka dialect

Northern Betsimisaraka
Fiteny Betsimisaraka Avaratra
Native to
EthnicityNorthern Betsimisaraka people[1]
Native speakers
1,799,000 [2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bzc
Glottolognort2890
Linguasphere31-LDA-ac
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Northern Betsimisaraka is a northern dialect of Malagasy spoken by the Northern Betsimisaraka people.[3]

Classification

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Northern Betsimisaraka dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family and is part of the Northern Malagasy branch.

Geographic distribution

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Northern Betsimisaraka is the popular dialect in the region of in the region of Sava, Analanjirofo, Atsinanana and also for Northern Betsimisaraka diaspora in the capital Antananarivo.

Vocabulary

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English gloss Malagasy standard gloss Northern Betsimisaraka gloss
One Isa/Iray Isa/Araiky
All Rehetra/Avy Jiaby
Already Efa Afa
Father Ray Ada
Man Lehilahy Lalaha
Woman Vehivavy Viavy
His name Anarany Agnaragnanazy

References

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