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Betsileo dialect

Betsileo
Native to
EthnicityBetsileo
Language codes
ISO 639-1mg
ISO 639-3plt
Glottologbets1235
Linguasphere31-LDA-aj

Betsileo is a dialect of Malagasy[1][2][3] spoken in the homeland of Betsileo people.[4]

Classification

Betsileo is an Austronesian language part of the Plateaux branch of Malagasy language.[5]

Geographic distribution

The Betsileo dialect is widely spoken in the regions of Amoron'i Mania and Matsiatra Ambony.[6] It is the primary dialect spoken in the cities of Fianarantsoa, Ambositra, and Ambalavao.[7]

Vocabulary

Betsileo gloss
# Gloss Standard Malagasy Betsileo
Pronouns & Numbers
1 One Iray Iraika
2 One (last night) Iray halina Iray haligna
3 I / Me Izaho / Aho Aho / A
4 He / She / Him / Her Izy Izy
5 We Izahay / Isika Agnay / Atsika
6 You Anao / Anareo Agnao / Agnareo
Negation & Intensity
7 All Avy Aby
8 Not Tsy Tsa
9 Really / Very Tena Tegna
10 Too much Be loatra Be loatsa
Grammar & Concepts
11 That no ro
12 Question Fanontaniana Fanontanena
13 To say Miteny Mitarogna
Daily Life
14 Family Fianakaviana Fianakavena
15 Fear Tahotra Tahotsa

References

  1. ^ Nielssen, Hilde (2012). Ritual Imagination: A Study of Tromba Possession among the Betsimisaraka in Eastern Madagascar. Studies of Religion in Africa, vol. 40. Leiden; Boston: Brill. p. 301. ISBN 9789004215245.
  2. ^ McElroy, Colleen J. (1999). Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar. University of Michigan Press. p. xxii.
  3. ^ "The Antananarivo Annual and Madagascar Magazine". The Antananarivo Annual and Madagascar Magazine (4): 124. 1878.
  4. ^ "ethnicLists – Dictionnaire et Encyclopédie malgaches". motmalgache.org. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  5. ^ http://olac.ldc.upenn.edu/language/plt
  6. ^ "Translations - Islands Mission".
  7. ^ Molet, Louis (1957). Little Guide to Malagasy Toponymy (PDF) (in French). Tananarive: Scientific Research Institute of Madagascar, Department of Human Sciences. pp. map (unnumbered) + p. 7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) The map is placed before the numbered pages
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