Kiantalaotsy

Kiantalaotsy
Native to	Madagascar
Ethnicity	Antalaotra
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Western Indonesian Barito East Barito Northern malagasic Bushi Kiantalaotsy
Writing system	Latin script (Malagasy alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	buc
Glottolog	kian1236
Linguasphere	31-LDA-gb

A native speaker of Kibushi Kimaore or Kibushi Sakalava, a dialect with few distinctions from Kiantalaotsy.

Kiantalaotsy is a northern dialect of Malagasy in Mayotte. It's a dialect of Bushi. ^[1]

Classification

Kiantalaotsy belongs to the Austronesian language family. It is part of Northern Malagasic subgroup along with Tsimihety, Northern Sakalava, Northern Betsimisaraka and Antakarana. ^[2]

Geographic distribution

Kiantalaotsy is only spoken especially in Poroani and Ouangani.

Vocabulary

Etymological comparison with Standard Malagasy

English	Malagasy standard	Kiantalaotsy
Little	Hely/Kely	Kely
Good	Tsara	Meva
Teeth	Nify	Nify
Man	Lehilahy	Lalahy

Etymological Difference with Kibushi Kimaore

The differences between those to dialects of Bushi are Small.

English	Kibushi Kimaore	Kiantalaotsy
And	Sy	Ndreky
Good	Tsara	Meva
Hot	Mafana	Mahamay
Man	Lehilahy	Lalahy
Teeth	Hify	Nify

See also

• Shimaore
• Northern Sakalava

References

1. Mayotte: Actes du Colloque universitaire, Mamoudzou, 23–24 avril 1991 à l'occasion du 150e anniversaire du rattachement à la France. Page 76.
2. Gueunier, Noël Jacques (2011). Contes comoriens en dialecte malgache de l'île de Mayotte : la quête de la sagesse (in French). L’Harmattan. p. 2.