Zafisoro dialect
| Zafisoro | |
|---|---|
| Native to | |
| Ethnicity | Zafisoro people |
Native speakers | 146,000 (2025)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | Mg |
| ISO 639-3 | Plt |
| Glottolog | zafi1234 |
| Linguasphere | 31-LDA-bc |
Zafisoro is a coastal dialect of the Malagasy language spoken by the Zafisoro people in the northwestern part of the Farafangana District in southeastern Madagascar. It is considered a variety of Antefasy.
Classification
Zafisoro belongs to the Austronesian languages family, under the Malayo-Polynesian languages branch. It is part of the Western Indonesian languages, specifically the Barito languages group and its Eastern Barito subgroup.
Within Malagasy, Zafisoro falls under the Central-Eastern Malagasic cluster, more precisely in the Plateau Malagasy division and the Antemoro–Antefasy subgroup.
Geographic distribution
The dialect is spoken in and around the localities of Evato, Mahafasa Afovoany, Amporoforo, and Ambalatany. These areas represent the core territory of the Zafisoro within the Farafangana District.[2]
References
- ^ "Zafisoro in Madagascar". Joshua Project. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Prime Magazine, March 2020 (PDF)" (PDF). Prime Media International. Retrieved 1 July 2025.