Antaifasy dialect

Antaifasy
Zakan'Atefasy
Native to	Madagascar
Ethnicity	Antaifasy
Native speakers	254,000 [1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Western Indonesian Barito East Barito Central-Eastern Malagasic Plateau malagasy Antaifasy
Writing system	Latin script (Malagasy alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-1	Mg
ISO 639-3	Plt
Linguasphere	31-LDA-be

Antaifasy is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Antaifasy people and the main dialect around the Farafangana district. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Classification

Antefasy is an Austronesian language part of the Plateaux malagasy group.

Characteristics

Antaifasy is very similar and it can be mistaken to Antaimoro dialect. The difference between the two dialects are quiet small.

Geographic distribution

The Antefasy dialect is widely spoken in the region of Atsimo Atsinanana, particularly in Farafangana district. It is the primary dialect spoken in the city of Farafangana. Within Farafangana district, it is spoken in the communes of Anosivelo, Anosy Tsararafa, Farafangana, Ivandrika, Vohimasy, and Vohitromby.

Vocabulary

Numerals

English	Malagasy Standard	Antaifasy
One	Iray / Isa	Iraiky ⓘ or Isa ⓘ
Two	Roa	Roy ⓘ
Three	Telo	Telo ⓘ
Four	Efatra	Efatry ⓘ
Five	Dimy	Dimy ⓘ
Six	Enina	Enina ⓘ
Seven	Fito	Fito ⓘ
Eight	Valo	Valo ⓘ
Nine	Sivy	Sivy ⓘ
Ten	Folo	Folo ⓘ
Eleven	Iraika ambin'ny folo	Raiky amby folo ⓘ
Twelve	Roa ambin'ny folo	Roy amby folo ⓘ
Thirteen	Telo ambin'ny folo	Telo amby folo ⓘ
Fourteen	Efatra ambin'ny folo	Efatry amby folo ⓘ
Fifteen	Dimy ambin'ny folo	Dimy amby folo ⓘ
Sixteen	Enina ambin'ny folo	Enina amby folo ⓘ
Seventeen	Fito ambin'ny folo	Fito amby folo ⓘ
Eighteen	Valo ambin'ny folo	Valo amby folo ⓘ
Nineteen	Sivy ambin'ny folo	Sivy amby folo ⓘ
Twenty	Roapolo	Roapolo ⓘ
Thirty	Telopolo	Telopolo ⓘ
Forty	Efapolo	Efapolo ⓘ
Fifty	Dimampolo	Dimapolo ⓘ
Sixty	Enimpolo	Enimpolo ⓘ
Seventy	Fitopolo	Fitopolo ⓘ
Eighty	Valopolo	Valopolo ⓘ
Ninety	Sivifolo	Sivifolo ⓘ
Hundred	Zato	Zato ⓘ
One Thousand	Arivo	Arivo ⓘ
Ten thousand	Iray halina	Ray haligny ⓘ
One hundred thousand	Iray hetsy	Ray hetsy ⓘ
One million	Tapitrisa	Ray Tapitrisa ⓘ
One billion	Lavitrisa	1 miliara (from French) ⓘ

Animals

English	Malagasy standard	Antaifasy
Animal	Biby	Biby
Bird	Vorona	Vorogny
Duck	Ganagana	Ganagana/Gana/Kana
Chicken	Akoho	Akoho
Goose	Gisa	Gisy/Gisa
Cow	Omby	Aomby
Sheep	Ondry	Ondry

Direction

English	Malagasy Standard	Antefasy
North	Avaratra	Avaratry ⓘ
South	Atsimo	Atsimo ⓘ
East	Atsinanana	Atsignanagny ⓘ
West	Andrefana	Andrefagny ⓘ

Time

English	Malagasy Standard	Antefasy
Day	Andro	Andro ⓘ
Night	Alina	Aligny ⓘ
Morning	Maraina	Maraigny ⓘ
Afternoon	Tolakandro	Sodrignandro ⓘ
Evening	Hariva	Hariva ⓘ
Week	Herinandro	Herignandro ⓘ
Month	Volana	Volagny ⓘ
Year	Taona	Taogny ⓘ
Minute	Minitra	Minitry ⓘ
Second	Segondra	Segôndy ⓘ

Colors

English	Malagasy Standard	Antefasy
Red	Mena	Mena ⓘ
Blue	Manga	Manga ⓘ
Yellow	Mavo	Jônina ⓘ
Green	Maitso	Mentso ⓘ
Black	Mainty	Mity ⓘ
White	Fotsy	Fotsy ⓘ
Brown	volontsôkôlà	Marôn ⓘ
Pink	Mavokely	Rôzy ⓘ
Purple	Volomparasy	Voloparasy ⓘ

References

1. https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/10338/MA
2. https://islands-mission.org/translations/
3. Ferrand, Gabriel (1909). Essai de phonétique comparée du malais et des dialectes malgaches: thèse pour le doctorat d'université, présentée à la Faculté des lettres de l'Université de Paris (in French). Paris: Paul Geuthner. p. XXXIX.
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. 8. The map is placed before the numbered pages.