Vakinankaratra dialect
| Vakinankaratra | |
|---|---|
| Native to | |
| Ethnicity | Vakinankaratra |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | mg |
| ISO 639-3 | plt |
Vakinankaratra is a dialect of the Malagasy language spoken in the Vakinankaratra Region, after which it is named.[1] It bears significant resemblance to the Merina dialect.
Classification
Vakinankaratra is an Austronesian language part of the Plateaux branch of Malagasy language.[2]
Characteristics
Vakinankaratra dialect is a dialect very close to Merina but influenced by Betsileo.
Vocabulary
| English | Malagasy standard | Vakinankaratra |
|---|---|---|
| One | Iray | Iray |
| I/Me | Izaho/Aho | Za/A/Aako |
| He/She/Him/Her | Izy | Izy |
| We | Izahay | Anay |
| This | Ity/Iry | Itikatra/Irikatra |
| Here | Aty | Atikatra |
| That/There | Ary | Arikatra |
| That | Iry | Irikatra |
| All | Avy | Aby |
| Not | Tsy | Tsary |
| Never | Intsony | Tsotry[3] |
| Really/Very | Tokoa/Tena | Tokoatra/Tegna |
| Family | Fianakaviana | Fianakavena |
| Question | Fanontaniana | Fanontanena |
| To swim | Milomano | Mandano |
| Ask the doctor | Dokotera anontaniana | Dokotera anontanena |
| Good morning everyone | Manao ahoana daholo anareo | Manakory aby nareo |
| I study | Mianatra zaho | Mianatra a |
| We sing Nej's songs | Mihira hiran'i Nej' zahay | Mihira hiran'i Nej' anay |
| The car is down there | Ary ambany ny fiara | Ambany arikatra ny fiara |
References
- ^ "ethnicLists – Dictionnaire et Encyclopédie malgaches". motmalgache.org. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
- ^ http://olac.ldc.upenn.edu/language/plt
- ^ Andriamise, L. (2015). "Le Vakinankaratra, parler hybride merina-betsileo" (PDF). Western Papers in Linguistics / Cahiers linguistiques de Western. Retrieved 28 June 2025.