Kiantalaotsy

Kiantalaotsy
Native to
EthnicityAntalaotra
Language codes
ISO 639-3buc
Glottologkian1236
Linguasphere31-LDA-gb

Kiantalaotsy is a northern dialect of Malagasy in Mayotte. It's a dialect of Bushi. [1]

Classification

Kiantalaotsy belongs to the Austronesian language family. It is part of Northern Malagasic subgroup along with Tsimihety, Northern Sakalava, Northern Betsimisaraka and Antakarana.[2]

Geographic distribution

Kiantalaotsy is only spoken especially in Poroani and Ouangani.

Vocabulary

Etymological comparison with Standard Malagasy

English Malagasy standard Kiantalaotsy
Little Hely/Kely Kely
Good Tsara Meva
Teeth Nify Nify
Man Lehilahy Lalahy

Etymological Difference with Kibushi Kimaore

The differences between those to dialects of Bushi are Small.

English Kibushi Kimaore Kiantalaotsy
And Sy Ndreky
Good Tsara Meva
Hot Mafana Mahamay
Man Lehilahy Lalahy
Teeth Hify Nify

See also

References

  1. ^ Mayotte: Actes du Colloque universitaire, Mamoudzou, 23–24 avril 1991 à l'occasion du 150e anniversaire du rattachement à la France. Page 76.
  2. ^ Gueunier, Noël Jacques (2011). Contes comoriens en dialecte malgache de l'île de Mayotte : la quête de la sagesse (in French). L’Harmattan. p. 2.


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