Antemanambondro

Antemanambondro
Native to	Madagascar
Ethnicity	Antemanambondro [1]
Native speakers	94000 (2025) [2]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Western Indonesian Barito East Barito Central-Eastern Malagasic Sahafatra-Antesaka Antemanambondro
Writing system	Latin script (Malagasy alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tkg

Antemanambondro is a variety of Malagasy ^{[3] [4] [5]} spoken by the Antemanambondro people, closely related to the Antesaka dialect. ^[6]

Classification

Antemanambondro is a dialect of Malagasy, which belongs to the Austronesian language family. It is classified within the Central-Eastern branch, under the Sahafatra–Antesaka group.

Geographical distribution

The dialect is spoken in the Atsimo-Atsinanana region, primarily from the commune of Manambondro up to Manantenina, which marks the beginning of the Tanosy dialect area.

Characteristics

Antemanambondro is a transitional Malagasy dialect bridging Antesaka and Tanosy. While essentially identical to Antesaka and likely a dialect of it, Antemanambondro features unique lexical items not found in Antesaka, such as fia for "fish" and ampela for "woman" (where Antesaka uses laokandrano or vily and viavy, respectively). ^[7]

References

1. Tojo-Mandaharisoa, Sarah (12 September 2022). "Assessing Farmers' Diverse Preferences and Expectations for Tailoring Food and Nutrition Security Interventions in Southeastern Madagascar". Current Developments in Nutrition. 6 (10) nzac142. doi:10.1093/cdn/nzac142. PMC   9529223 . PMID   36204329 . Retrieved 5 August 2025.
2. "Antemanambondro people group profile". Joshua Project. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
3. Tryon, Darrell T., ed. Comparative Austronesian Dictionary: An Introduction to Austronesian Studies. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2011. p. 202. ISBN 9783110879726.
4. Grimes, Barbara F. (2000). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (14th ed.). Summer Institute of Linguistics. p. 293. ISBN   978-0-88312-815-2.
5. 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.
6. Gilde Razafitsihadinoina (2014). "Coups de hache pour une pirogue" (PDF). Île Courts – Festival programme (Festival program) (in French). Porteurs d'Images / Commission de l'océan Indien. Retrieved 26 July 2025. Madagascar / 2014 / Documentaire / 19′. Antemanambondro (dialecte malgache), sous-titré en français
7. Deschamps, Hubert (1936). Le dialecte Antaisaka (langue malgache). Tananarive: Imprimerie moderne de l'Emyrne, Pitot de la Beaujardière. p. 31.