Masikoro dialect

Masikoro
Masikoro
Native to	Madagascar;
Ethnicity	Masikoro people
Native speakers	821,000
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Western Indonesian Barito East Barito Southern Malagasic Masikoro; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin script (Malagasy alphabet);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	masi1273
Linguasphere	31-LDA-cf
	Masikoro language sample Masikoro people explaining their opposition to the Base Toliara mining project.
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Masikoro is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Masikoro in the province of Toliara.

Classification

Masikoro dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family and part of the subgroup of malagasy dialect known as Southern malagasic. It's very close to Vezo and Southern Sakalava.

Geographic distribution

Masikoro is a very popular dialect in the inland of Atsimo Andrefana while Vezo dialect dominated its coast.

References

^ "Madagascar et Malgache". motmalgache.org.
^ "Malagasy, Masikoro language resources | Joshua Project". joshuaproject.net.

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[1] "Madagascar et Malgache". motmalgache.org.

[2] "Malagasy, Masikoro language resources | Joshua Project". joshuaproject.net.

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v t e Languages of Madagascar
Official languages	French Malagasy
Malagasy dialects	Sahafatra Antefasy Betsileo Vakinankaratra Masikoro Anjoaty Tanosy Bezanozano Antambahoaka Vezo Sihanaka Tanala Antakarana Antesaka Tsimihety Northern Sakalava Antaimoro Bara Southern Betsimisaraka Northern Betsimisaraka
Foreign languages	English
Sign languages	Malagasy Sign Language