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Vezo dialect

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Vezo
Native to
EthnicityVezo[1]
Native speakers
386,000
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologmala1537
Linguasphere31-LDA-ce
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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

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Vezo dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family. Vezo language is very close to Southern sakalava dialect phonetically.

Geographic distribution

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Vezo is a very popular dialect among the nomadic Vezo tribe and it's the main dialect spoken in the city of Toliara.

Vocabulary

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===Numerals===  
English Malagasy Standard Vezo
One Iray / Isa Iraiky / Isa
Two Roa Roa
Three Telo Telo
Four Efatra Efatra
Five Dimy Dimy / Limy
Six Enina Enina
Seven Fito Fito
Eight Valo Valo
Nine Sivy Sivy
Ten Folo Folo
Hundred Zato Zato
Thousand Arivo Arivo raiky
Ten thousand Iray alina Ray aly
One hundred thousand Iray hetsy Ray hetsy
One million Tapitrisa Tapitrisa
One billion Lavitrisa Lavitrisa

Animals

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English Malagasy Standard Vezo
Animal Biby Biby
Bird Vorona Voro
Fish Trondro Fia
Chicken Akoho Akoho
Cow Omby Aomby
Ant Vitsika Vitiky
Tortoise Sokatra Sokaky
Octopus Horita Horita
Goose Gisa Gisa
Crab Drakaka Drakaky
Goat Osy Aosy
Serpent Bibilava Bibilava
Sheep Ondry Aondry
Shrimp Orana Tsitsiky
Tiger Tigra Tigra

References

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  1. ^ "Madagascar et Malgache". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  2. ^ "langue Malagasy: Vezo". globalrecordings.net.