Northern Sakalava dialect

Northern Sakalava
Native to
EthnicityBoina Sakalava
Language codes
ISO 639-3skg
Glottologmaju1234
Linguasphere31-LDA-dc

Northern Sakalava is a northern dialect of Malagasy spoken by Sakalava people especially in the region of Boeny and Sofia. [1]

Classification

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

Geographic distribution

Northern Sakalava is the main dialect spoken in the province of Mahajanga and partially in the region of Betsiboka.

Vocabulary

English Malagasy standard Northern Sakalava
One Iray Araiky
And Sy Ndreky
All Rehetra/Avy Jiaby/Aby
So Ka Ke
Thing Zavatra Raha
Mind Saina Jery
Beautiful Tsara Meva
Difficulty Fahasarotana Sarotro
Wealth Harena Hariagna
Sky/Heaven Lanitra Lagnitry
To Watch Mijery Mizaha
His/Her goodness Hatsarany Hatsarananany
His/Her strength Heriny Angovonazy
Henry arrived Tonga I Henry Navy I Henry
His/Her student Mpianany Mpianatranany

References

  1. ^ https://islands-mission.org/translations/
  2. ^ https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/maju1234
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