Bezanozano dialect
Appearance
Bezanozano | |
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Native to | |
Ethnicity | Bezanozano |
Native speakers | 257,000 [1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | Mg |
ISO 639-3 | Plt |
Glottolog | beza1235 |
Linguasphere | 31-LDA-ae |
Bezanozano is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Bezanozano people.
Classification
[edit]Bezanozano is an Austronesian language part of the Plateaux branch of Malagasy language.[2]
Geographic distribution
[edit]Bezanozano dialect is spoken in the region of Alaotra Mangoro especially around the district of Moramanga.[3]
Vocabulary
[edit]English gloss | Malagasy standard gloss | Bezanozano gloss |
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One | Isa/Iray | Isa/Raiky |
All | Avy | Aby |
Really/Very | Tena | Tegna |
Still | Mbola | Mbola |
Thing | Zavatra | Zavatra |
Dog | Alika | Amboa |
Here | Eto | Eto |
There | Eo | Eo |
Far | Lavitra | Alavitra |
What | Inona | Inona |
Who | Iza | Iza |
House | Trano | Tragno |
Year | Taona | Taona |
Day | Andro | Andro |
Friday | Zoma | Azoma |
Father of Sarobidy | Dadan'i Sarobidy | Dadan'i Sarobidy |
In the water | Ao anati-rano | Agnaty rano |
In Morocco | Any Maroc | Agny Maroc |
In oversea | Any ivelany | Agny andilambato |
Still alive | Mbola velona | Mbola velogna |
To drink alcohol | Misotro toaka | Mihinagna toaka |
To cook | Mahandro | Mandro |
References
[edit]- ^ Project, Joshua. "Bezanozano in Madagascar". joshuaproject.net.
- ^ http://olac.ldc.upenn.edu/language/plt
- ^ "Translations - Islands Mission".