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Bezanozano dialect

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Bezanozano
Native to
EthnicityBezanozano
Native speakers
257,000 [1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-1Mg
ISO 639-3Plt
Glottologbeza1235
Linguasphere31-LDA-ae
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Bezanozano is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Bezanozano people.

Classification

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Bezanozano is an Austronesian language part of the Plateaux branch of Malagasy language.[2]

Geographic distribution

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Bezanozano dialect is spoken in the region of Alaotra Mangoro especially around the district of Moramanga.[3]

Vocabulary

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English gloss Malagasy standard gloss Bezanozano gloss
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

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  1. ^ Project, Joshua. "Bezanozano in Madagascar". joshuaproject.net.
  2. ^ http://olac.ldc.upenn.edu/language/plt
  3. ^ "Translations - Islands Mission".