Draft:Sihanaka dialect
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| Sihanaka | |
|---|---|
| Native to | |
| Ethnicity | Sihanaka |
Native speakers | 695,000 [1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | mg |
| ISO 639-3 | plt |
| Glottolog | siha1244 |
| Linguasphere | 31-LDA-ab |
Sihanaka is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Sihanaka people in the region of Alaotra Mangoro.[2]
Classification
[edit]Sihanaka is an austronesian language part of Central-Eastern Malagasic [3] and part of the Plateaux branch of Malagasy language alongside with Merina, Antefasy,Antemoro, Tanala and Betsileo.
Characteristics
[edit]Northern dialects like Tsimihety and Northern Betsimisaraka influence a lot the Sihanaka language.
Vocabulary
[edit]| English | Malagasy standard | Sihanaka |
|---|---|---|
| One | Iray | Raika |
| God | Andriamanitra | Andriamagnitra |
| Mango | Manga | Voamanga |
| Sweet potato | Voamanga | Tsimanga |
| Papaya | Papay | Mampazo |
| Pine apple | Mananasy | Manasy |
| Quality/Personality | Toetra | Toatra |
| Huge | Ngezabe | Gedabe |
| Goyava | Goavy | Gavo |
| Thing | Zavatra | ràha |
| Woman/Girl | Vehivavy | Viavy |
| Here | Eto | Aketo |
| There | Eo | Akeo |
| In | Ao | Akao |
| In/Inside | Anaty | Agnaty |
| Above | Ambony | Agnambo |
| Always | Foana | Foagna |
| What | Inona | Ino |
| How | Ahoana | Anakôry |
| Then | Avy eo | Avy takeo |
| Till When | Hatramin'oviana | Katram'oviana |
| Both | Samy | Samby |
| Him/His | Azy | Ananzy |
| They/Them | Ireo/Zareo | Zareo |
| In the house | Ao an-trano | An-dragno |
| To hear | Maheno | Maregny |
| His name | Anarany | Agnarany |
| Don't fear | Aza matahotra | Aza matahatra |
| We call him Hasinah | Hasinah no iantsoana azy | Hasinah agnantsonvangnan'azy |
References
[edit]- ^ "PeopleGroups.org - Sihanaka of Madagascar". peoplegroups.org.
- ^ "The Sihanaka of Madagascar: God Speaks in Our Language - Wycliffe Bible Translators USA Homepage". www.wycliffe.org.
- ^ Cust, Robert Needham (1878). A Sketch of the Modern Languages of the East Indies (Reprint 2013 ed.). Routledge. p. 71. ISBN 9780415245012.
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