Tanala dialect

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Tanala
Native to
Ethnicity Tanala people
Native speakers
1,555,000 [1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Plt
Glottolog mala1537
Linguasphere 31-LDA-aha

Tanala is a dialect of Malagasy [2] spoken by Tanala people in Madagascar.

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Classification

Tanala or Antagnala language belongs to the Austronesian language family and one of dialects of the subgroup Plateaux Malagasy.

Location

Tanala is spoken in the Tanala region of Vatovavy-Fitovinany. [3]

Vocabulary

Tanala Vocabulary
#GlossStandard MalagasyTanala
Pronouns
1ThemZareo / IreoZareo
2UsIsikaAntsena
3BothSamySamby
4AllAvy / RehetraAby / Maro be
5EvenNa diaNdreka
People & Family
6FamilyFianakavianaFianakavena
7ChildrenZanakaAnaka
8ElderlyAntitraMavozo
Place & Space
9InsideAnatyAgnaty
10OutsideIvelanyEmbelagny
Nature
11RiverReniranoRanomamy
12SeaRanomasinaRanomasina
13RainOranaErika
14CloudRahonaRahogna
15NightAlinaAligna
Description & Action
16LittleKelyBitaka
17To tellTeneninaZakaina

References

  1. https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/15245/MA
  2. 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. 7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) The map is placed before the numbered pages.
  3. http://olac.ldc.upenn.edu/language/plt