Mikea dialect

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Mikea
Ethnicity Mikea
Language codes
ISO 639-3 –
Glottolog mike1243
Mikea dialect sample
A Mikea speaker calling for spirit protection and blessing.

Mikea is a Southern Malagasy dialect spoken by the Mikea people in the region of Atsimo-Andrefana. It is closely related to the dialects spoken by the Vezo and Masikoro communities. [1] [2]

Vocabulary

Mikea Vocabulary with Standard Malagasy comparison
#GlossStandard MalagasyMikea
1UsIzahayRahay
2AgainIndrayNdreky
3To watch—Manenty
4GoodTsara / SoaSoa
5IfRahaLaha
6They / ThemZareoRozy
7BadRatsyRaty
8You (singular)AnaoIha
9AllAvyIaby
10GuestVahinyVahiny
11AboveAmbonyAgnabo

References

  1. ↑ Lefèvre, Gabriel (2013). Médecine traditionnelle à Madagascar : Les mots-plantes. Paris: L'Harmattan. p. 297. ISBN   9782343016894.
  2. ↑ Grimes, Barbara F. (2000). Summer Institute of Linguistics (ed.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (14th ed.). SIL International. p. 295. ISBN   9780883128152.
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