Karimbola dialect

{{short description|Austronesian language of Madagascar}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Karimbola

| nativename =

| states = {{ubl|Madagascar}}

| ethnicity = Karimbola people{{cite web

|title=Karimbola in Madagascar

|website=Joshua Project

|year=2025

|url=https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/12540/MA

|access-date=21 June 2025

|quote=Population 182,000; Christianity 25%, Evangelical 4%}}

| nation =

| speakers = 182,000

| date =

| ref =

| familycolor = Austronesian

| fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian

| fam3 = Western Indonesian

| fam4 = Barito

| fam5 = East Barito

| fam6 = Southern Malagasic

| glotto =

| glottorefname =

| lingua =

| script = {{ubl

| Latin script (Malagasy alphabet)

}}

| notice = IPA

| module = {{Listen

| pos = right

| embed = yes

| filename = Karimbola language audio sample.ogg

| title = Karimbola dialect sample 1

| type = speech

| description = A man from Beloha speaking in Karimbola dialect about why Andry Rajoelina received a high number of votes in Beloha.

}}

{{Listen

| pos = right

| embed = yes

| filename = Karimbola language audio sample 2.ogg

| title = Karimbola dialect sample 2

| type = speech

| description = A man from Beloha speaking in Karimbola dialect explaining wedding traditions.

}}

}}

Karimbola is a dialect of the Malagasy language spoken by the Karimbola people in southern Madagascar.