Vezo dialect

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Vezo
Native to
Ethnicity Vezo [1]
Native speakers
386,000
Language codes
ISO 639-1 Vz
ISO 639-3 –
Glottolog mala1537
Linguasphere 31-LDA-a
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Vezo is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Vezo in the provinces of Mahajanga and Toliara. It is among southern dialects of Malagasy along with Southern sakalava dialect, Masikoro dialect, Tandroy-Mahafaly dialect,Bara dialect and Tanosy dialect. [2]

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Classification

Vezo dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family. Vezo language is very close to Southern sakalava dialect phonetically.

Geographic distribution

Vezo is a very popular dialect among the nomadic Vezo tribe and it's the main dialect spoken in the city of Toliara.

Lexical comparison

Numerals

English glossMalagasy standard glossVezo gloss
OneIray/IsaIraiky/Isa
TwoVoronaVoro
ThreeTeloTelo
FourEfatraEfatra
FiveDimyDimy/Limy
SixEninaEnina
SevenFitoFito
EightValoValo
NineSivySivy
TenFoloFolo
HundredZatoZato
ThousandArivoArivo raiky
Ten thousandIray halinaRay aly
One hundred thousandIray hetsyRay hetsy
One millionTapitrisaTapitrisa

Animals

English glossMalagasy standard glossVezo gloss
AnimalBibyBiby
BirdVoronaVoro
DuckGanaganaGanagana
CowOmbyAomby
ChickenAkohoAkoho
GooseGisaGisa
CowOmbyAomby
SheepOndryAondry

Direction

English glossMalagasy standard glossVezo gloss
NorthAvaratraAvaratry
SouthAtsimoAntsimo
EastAtsinananaAntsinana
WestAndrefanaAndrefa

Time

English glossMalagasy standard glossVezo gloss
DayAndroAndro
TodayAnio/AndroanyAndroany
YesterdayOmalyLomaly
TomorrowRahampitsoAmaray
MonthVolanaVola
YearTaonaTao

References

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