Vezo dialect
Appearance
Vezo | |
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Native to | |
Ethnicity | Vezo[1] |
Native speakers | 386,000 |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | mala1537 |
Linguasphere | 31-LDA-ce |
Vezo is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Vezo in the provinces of Mahajanga and Toliara. It is among southern dialects of Malagasy along with Southern Sakalava, Masikoro, Tandroy-Mahafaly,Bara and Tanosy.[2]
Classification
[edit]Vezo dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family. Vezo language is very close to Southern sakalava dialect phonetically.
Geographic distribution
[edit]Vezo is a very popular dialect among the nomadic Vezo tribe and it's the main dialect spoken in the city of Toliara.
Vocabulary
[edit]===Numerals===
English | Malagasy Standard | Vezo |
---|---|---|
One | Iray / Isa | ⓘ |
Two | Roa | ⓘ |
Three | Telo | ⓘ |
Four | Efatra | ⓘ |
Five | Dimy | ⓘ |
Six | Enina | ⓘ |
Seven | Fito | ⓘ |
Eight | Valo | ⓘ |
Nine | Sivy | ⓘ |
Ten | Folo | ⓘ |
Hundred | Zato | ⓘ |
Thousand | Arivo | ⓘ |
Ten thousand | Iray alina | ⓘ |
One hundred thousand | Iray hetsy | ⓘ |
One million | Tapitrisa | ⓘ |
One billion | Lavitrisa | ⓘ |
Animals
[edit]English | Malagasy Standard | Vezo |
---|---|---|
Animal | Biby | ⓘ |
Bird | Vorona | ⓘ |
Fish | Trondro | ⓘ |
Chicken | Akoho | ⓘ |
Cow | Omby | ⓘ |
Ant | Vitsika | ⓘ |
Tortoise | Sokatra | ⓘ |
Octopus | Horita | ⓘ |
Goose | Gisa | ⓘ |
Crab | Drakaka | ⓘ |
Goat | Osy | ⓘ |
Serpent | Bibilava | ⓘ |
Sheep | Ondry | ⓘ |
Shrimp | Orana | ⓘ |
Tiger | Tigra | ⓘ |
References
[edit]- ^ "Madagascar et Malgache". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
- ^ "langue Malagasy: Vezo". globalrecordings.net.