Tanosy dialect
| Tanosy | |
|---|---|
| Native to | |
| Ethnicity | Tanosy people |
Native speakers | 913,000 [1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | txy |
| Glottolog | tano1246 |
| Linguasphere | 31-LDA-bg |
Tanosy is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Tanosy people in South-eastern Madagascar.[2]
Classification
Tanosy dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family and part of Southern malagasy subgroup.
Geographic distribution
Tanosy is widely spoken in Anosy region and the popular dialect spoken in the city of Fort-dauphin. [3]
Vocabulary
| English gloss | Malagasy standard gloss | Tanosy gloss |
|---|---|---|
| One | Iray/Isa | Raiky/Isa |
| You | Anareo | Andrareo |
| We/Us | Isika | Atsika |
| The | Ny | Gny |
| That/Who/Which | No/Izay | Gny |
| From | Avy any | Lahatè |
| Suffering | Fijaliana | Fijalia |
| Wife/Husband | Vady | Valy |
| Angel | Anjely | Ajely |
| Sheep | Ondry | Agnondry |
| Cow | Omby | Agnomby |
| Knife | Antsy | Mesa |
| Week | Erinandro | Erignandro |
| Year | Taona | Tao |
| Tax | Hetra | Vilin-doha |
| To seek | Mitady | Mitaly |