Betsileo dialect
| Betsileo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | |
| Ethnicity | Betsileo |
Austronesian
| |
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | mg |
| ISO 639-3 | plt |
| Glottolog | bets1235 |
| Linguasphere | 31-LDA-aj |
Betsileo is a dialect of Malagasy [1]spoken in the homeland of Betsileo people.[2]
Classification
Betsileo is an Austronesian language part of the Plateaux branch of Malagasy language.[3]
Geographic distribution
The Betsileo dialect is widely spoken in the regions of Amoron'i Mania and Matsiatra Ambony.[4] It is the primary dialect spoken in the cities of Fianarantsoa, Ambositra, and Ambalavao.[5]
Vocabulary
| # | Gloss | Standard Malagasy | Betsileo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pronouns & Numbers | |||
| 1 | One | Iray | Iraika |
| 2 | One (last night) | Iray halina | Iray haligna |
| 3 | I / Me | Izaho / Aho | Aho / A |
| 4 | He / She / Him / Her | Izy | Izy |
| 5 | We | Izahay / Isika | Agnay / Atsika |
| 6 | You | Anao / Anareo | Agnao / Agnareo |
| Negation & Intensity | |||
| 7 | All | Avy | Aby |
| 8 | Not | Tsy | Tsa |
| 9 | Really / Very | Tena | Tegna |
| 10 | Too much | Be loatra | Be loatsa |
| Grammar & Concepts | |||
| 11 | That | no | ro |
| 12 | Question | Fanontaniana | Fanontanena |
| 13 | To say | Miteny | Mitarogna |
| Daily Life | |||
| 14 | Family | Fianakaviana | Fianakavena |
| 15 | Fear | Tahotra | Tahotsa |
References
- ^ "The Antananarivo Annual and Madagascar Magazine". The Antananarivo Annual and Madagascar Magazine (4): 124. 1878.
- ^ "ethnicLists – Dictionnaire et Encyclopédie malgaches". motmalgache.org. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ http://olac.ldc.upenn.edu/language/plt
- ^ "Translations - Islands Mission".
- ^ Molet, Louis (1957). Little Guide to Malagasy Toponymy (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