Tsimihety dialect
| Tsimihety | |
|---|---|
| Native to | |
| Ethnicity | Tsimihety people |
Native speakers | 2,475,000 [1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xmw |
| Glottolog | tsim1257 |
| Linguasphere | 31-LDA-ec |
Tsimihety is a northern dialect of Malagasy spoken by Tsimihety people in the region of Sofia.[2]
Classification
[edit]Tsimihety dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family. It is part of Northern Malagasy subgroup along with Northern Sakalava, Bushi, Northern Betsimisaraka and Antakarana.[3]
Geographic distribution
[edit]Tsimihety is the popular dialect in the region of Sofia and of the Tsimihety diaspora in Mahajanga and Antananarivo.
Vocabulary
[edit]| English gloss | Malagasy standard gloss | Tsimihety gloss |
|---|---|---|
| Father | Ray | Ada |
| People | Olona | Ologno |
| Now | Izao | Izy ke |
| When | Rehefa | Izy koa |
| Now | Izao | Izy ke |
| Only | Ihany | Fô/Fôgna |
| Even | Na | Ndre |
| Really | Tokoa | Tatô |
| Yet | Mbola | Apôla |
| In | Any | Akagny |
| On | Eo/Teo | Akeo/Takeo |
| Here | Ato | Akato |
| Near | Akaik | Mariny |
| Then | Avy eo | Avy akeo |
| So | Ka | Ke |
| Suffering | Fijaliana | Fijaliagna |
| Alive | Velona | Velogno |
| Spring(Water) | Loharano | Lôharano |
| Clean | Madio | Madi |
| To show | Aseho | Abôla |
| To hide | Afenina | Avôny |
| To listen | Mihaino | Mitandregny |