Karimbola dialect
| Karimbola | |
|---|---|
| Native to | |
| Ethnicity | Karimbola people[1] |
Native speakers | 182,000 |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Karimbola is a dialect of the Malagasy language spoken by the Karimbola people in southern Madagascar.[2]
Classification
Karimbola belongs to the Austronesian language family, specifically the Southern Malagasic subgroup. It shares similarities with other dialects like Antandroy and Mahafaly.
Geographic distribution
The Karimbola dialect is spoken in the district of Beloha in the Androy region of southern Madagascar.[3]
References
- ^ "Karimbola in Madagascar". Joshua Project. 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
Population 182,000; Christianity 25%, Evangelical 4%
- ^ The Languages and Linguistics of Africa. Vol. 9. De Gruyter Mouton. 2018. p. 35.
- ^ 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.