Masikoro dialect
| Masikoro | |
|---|---|
| Native to | |
| Ethnicity | Masikoro people[1] |
Native speakers | 821,000 [2] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | masi1273 |
| Linguasphere | 31-LDA-cf |
Masikoro is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Masikoro in the province of Toliara.
Classification
Masikoro dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family and part of the subgroup of malagasy dialect known as Southern malagasic. It's very close to Vezo and Southern Sakalava.
Geographic distribution
Masikoro is a very popular dialect in the inland of Atsimo Andrefana while Vezo dialect dominated its coast.
References
- ^ "Madagascar et Malgache". motmalgache.org.
- ^ "Malagasy, Masikoro language resources | Joshua Project". joshuaproject.net.