Antaifasy dialect

{{Short description|Austronesian language of Madagascar}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Antaifasy

| nativename = Zakan'Atefasy

| states = {{ubl|Madagascar}}

| ethnicity = Antaifasy

| nation =

| speakers = 254,000 https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/10338/MA

| date =

| ref =

| familycolor = Austronesian

| fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian

| fam3 = Western Indonesian

| fam4 = Barito

| fam5 = East Barito

| fam6 = Central-Eastern Malagasic

| fam7 = Plateaux malagasy

| iso1 = Mg

| iso3 = Plt

| glotto =

| glottorefname = Malagasic

| lingua = 31-LDA-be

| script = {{ubl

| Latin script (Malagasy alphabet)

}}

| notice = IPA

}}

Antaifasy is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Antaifasy people and the main dialect around the Farafangana district. https://islands-mission.org/translations/

Classification

Antefasy is an Austronesian language part of the Plateaux malagasy group.

Characteristics

Antaifasy is very simillar and it can be mistaken to Antaimoro dialect. The difference between the two dialects are quiet small.

Vocabulary

=Numerals=

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! English gloss !! Malagasy standard gloss!! Antaifasy gloss

OneIray/IsaIraiky/Isa
TwoRoaRoy
ThreeTeloTelo
FourEfatraEfatry
FiveDimyDimy
SixEninaEnina
SevenFitoFito
EightValoValo
NineSivySivy
TenFoloFolo
HundredZatoZato
ThousandArivoArivo
Ten thousandIray halinaRay haligny
One hundred thousandIray hetsyRay hetsy
One millionTapitrisaTapitrisa

=Animals=

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! English gloss !! Malagasy standard gloss!! Antaifasy gloss

AnimalBibyBiby
BirdVoronaVorogny
DuckGanaganaGanagana
ChickenAkohoAkoho
GooseGisaGisa
CowOmbyAomby
SheepOndryOndry

=Direction=

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! English gloss !! Malagasy standard gloss!! Antaifasy gloss

NorthAvaratraAvaratry
SouthAtsimoAtsimo
EastAtsinananaAtsignanagny
WestAndrefanaAndrefagny

=Time=

class="wikitable sortable"

! English gloss !! Malagasy standard gloss!! Antaifasy gloss

DayAndroAndro
TodayAnio/AndroanyAndroany
YesterdayOmalyOmaly
TomorrowRahampitsoOmaray/Rapitso
MonthVolanaVolagny
YearTaonaTaogny

=Colors=

class="wikitable sortable"

! English gloss !! Malagasy standard gloss!! Antaifasy gloss

WhiteFotsyFotsy
BlackMaintyMity
RedMenaMena
BlueMangaManga
GreenMaintsoMentso
PinkRôzy
PurpleVolomparasyVoloparasy
BrownVolontanyMarôn

References