Bara dialect

Bara
Bara
Native to	Madagascar;
Ethnicity	Bara
Native speakers	1,026,000
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Western Indonesian Barito East Barito Southern malagasy Bara; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin script (Malagasy alphabet);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bhr
Glottolog	bara1369
Linguasphere	31-LDA-cg

Bara is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Bara people.

Classification

Bara dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family and part of Southern malagasy subgroup.

Bara is widely spoken in Ihorombe and partially in Menabe, West Atsimo Atsinanana, and South Vakinankaratra. It is the popular dialect spoken in the city of Ihosy.

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