Bezanozano dialect
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| Bezanozano | |
|---|---|
| Native to | |
| Ethnicity | Bezanozano |
Native speakers | 257,000 [1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| 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 Plateau 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 | Standard Malagasy | Bezanozano |
|---|---|---|
| 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".