Betsileo dialect

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Betsileo
Native to
Ethnicity Betsileo
Language codes
ISO 639-1 mg
ISO 639-3 plt
Glottolog bets1235
Linguasphere 31-LDA-aj
Betsileo dialect sample 1
A woman speaking in the Betsileo dialect about helping malnourished children.

Betsileo dialect sample 2
Betsileo peasants praising support received from ADRA projects in the Betsileo dialect.

Betsileo is a dialect of Malagasy [1] [2] [3] [4] spoken in the homeland of Betsileo people. [5]

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Classification

Betsileo is an Austronesian language part of the Plateaux branch of Malagasy language. [6]

Geographic distribution

The Betsileo dialect is widely spoken in the regions of Amoron'i Mania and Matsiatra Ambony. [7] It is the primary dialect spoken in the cities of Fianarantsoa, Ambositra, and Ambalavao. [8]

Vocabulary

Betsileo gloss
#GlossStandard MalagasyBetsileo
Pronouns & Numbers
1OneIrayIraika
2One (last night)Iray halinaIray haligna
3I / MeIzaho / AhoAho / A
4He / She / Him / HerIzyIzy
5WeIzahay / IsikaAgnay / Atsika
6YouAnao / AnareoAgnao / Agnareo
Negation & Intensity
7AllAvyAby
8NotTsyTsa
9Really / VeryTenaTegna
10Too muchBe loatraBe loatsa
Grammar & Concepts
11Thatnoro
12QuestionFanontanianaFanontanena
13To sayMitenyMitarogna
Daily Life
14FamilyFianakavianaFianakavena
15FearTahotraTahotsa

References

  1. ↑ Grimes, Barbara F. (2000). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (14th ed.). Summer Institute of Linguistics. p. 293. ISBN   9780883128152.
  2. ↑ Nielssen, Hilde (2012). Ritual Imagination: A Study of Tromba Possession among the Betsimisaraka in Eastern Madagascar. Studies of Religion in Africa, vol. 40. Leiden; Boston: Brill. p. 301. ISBN   9789004215245.
  3. ↑ McElroy, Colleen J. (1999). Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar. University of Michigan Press. p. xxii.
  4. ↑ "The Antananarivo Annual and Madagascar Magazine". The Antananarivo Annual and Madagascar Magazine (4): 124. 1878.
  5. ↑ "ethnicLists – Dictionnaire et Encyclopédie malgaches". motmalgache.org. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  6. ↑ http://olac.ldc.upenn.edu/language/plt
  7. ↑ "Translations - Islands Mission".
  8. ↑ Molet, Louis (1957). Little Guide to Malagasy Toponymy (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
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