Antaifasy dialect
| Antaifasy | |
|---|---|
| Zakan'Atefasy | |
| Native to | |
| Ethnicity | Antaifasy |
Native speakers | 254,000 [1] |
Austronesian
| |
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | Mg |
| ISO 639-3 | Plt |
| Linguasphere | 31-LDA-be |
Antaifasy is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Antaifasy people and the main dialect around the Farafangana district. [2]
Classification
[edit]Antefasy is an Austronesian language part of the Plateaux malagasy group.
Characteristics
[edit]Antaifasy is very simillar and it can be mistaken to Antaimoro dialect. The difference between the two dialects are quiet small.
Vocabulary
[edit]Numerals
[edit]| English | Malagasy Standard | Antaifasy |
|---|---|---|
| One | Iray / Isa | ⓘ or ⓘ |
| Two | Roa | ⓘ |
| Three | Telo | ⓘ |
| Four | Efatra | ⓘ |
| Five | Dimy | ⓘ |
| Six | Enina | ⓘ |
| Seven | Fito | ⓘ |
| Eight | Valo | ⓘ |
| Nine | Sivy | ⓘ |
| Ten | Folo | ⓘ |
| Eleven | Iraika ambin'ny folo | ⓘ |
| Twelve | Roa ambin'ny folo | ⓘ |
| Thirteen | Telo ambin'ny folo | ⓘ |
| Fourteen | Efatra ambin'ny folo | ⓘ |
| Fifteen | Dimy ambin'ny folo | ⓘ |
| Sixteen | Enina ambin'ny folo | ⓘ |
| Seventeen | Fito ambin'ny folo | ⓘ |
| Eighteen | Valo ambin'ny folo | ⓘ |
| Nineteen | Sivy ambin'ny folo | ⓘ |
| Twenty | Roapolo | ⓘ |
| Thirty | Telopolo | ⓘ |
| Forty | Efapolo | ⓘ |
| Fifty | Dimampolo | ⓘ |
| Sixty | Enimpolo | ⓘ |
| Seventy | Fitopolo | ⓘ |
| Eighty | Valopolo | ⓘ |
| Ninety | Sivifolo | ⓘ |
| Hundred | Zato | ⓘ |
| One Thousand | Arivo | ⓘ |
| Ten thousand | Iray halina | ⓘ |
| One hundred thousand | Iray hetsy | ⓘ |
| One million | Tapitrisa | ⓘ |
| One billion | Lavitrisa | ⓘ |
Animals
[edit]| English | Malagasy standard | Antaifasy |
|---|---|---|
| Animal | Biby | Biby |
| Bird | Vorona | Vorogny |
| Duck | Ganagana | Ganagana/Gana/Kana |
| Chicken | Akoho | Akoho |
| Goose | Gisa | Gisy/Gisa |
| Cow | Omby | Aomby |
| Sheep | Ondry | Ondry |
Direction
[edit]| English | Malagasy Standard | Antefasy |
|---|---|---|
| North | Avaratra | ⓘ |
| South | Atsimo | ⓘ |
| East | Atsinanana | ⓘ |
| West | Andrefana | ⓘ |
Time
[edit]| English | Malagasy Standard | Antefasy |
|---|---|---|
| Day | Andro | ⓘ |
| Night | Alina | ⓘ |
| Morning | Maraina | ⓘ |
| Afternoon | Tolakandro | ⓘ |
| Evening | Hariva | ⓘ |
| Week | Herinandro | ⓘ |
| Month | Volana | ⓘ |
| Year | Taona | ⓘ |
| Minute | Minitra | ⓘ |
| Second | Segondra | ⓘ |
Colors
[edit]| English | Malagasy Standard | Antefasy |
|---|---|---|
| Red | Mena | ⓘ |
| Blue | Manga | ⓘ |
| Yellow | Mavo | ⓘ |
| Green | Maitso | ⓘ |
| Black | Mainty | ⓘ |
| White | Fotsy | ⓘ |
| Brown | volontsôkôlà | ⓘ |
| Pink | Mavokely | ⓘ |
| Purple | Volomparasy | ⓘ |