Masikoro dialect

{{short description|Austronesian language of Madagascar}}

{{short description|Austronesian language of Madagascar}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Masikoro

| nativename =

| states = {{ubl|Madagascar}}

| ethnicity = Masikoro people{{Cite web|url=http://motmalgache.org/bins/ethnicLists?eth=Masikoro|title=Madagascar et Malgache|website=motmalgache.org}}

| nation =

| speakers = 821,000 {{Cite web|url=https://joshuaproject.net/languages/msh|title=Malagasy, Masikoro language resources | Joshua Project|website=joshuaproject.net}}

| date =

| ref =

| familycolor = Austronesian

| fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian

| fam3 = Western Indonesian

| fam4 = Barito

| fam5 = East Barito

| fam6 = Southern Malagasic

| glotto = masi1273

| glottorefname = Malagasic

| lingua = 31-LDA-cf

| script = {{ubl

| Latin script (Malagasy alphabet)

}}

| notice = IPA

| module = {{Listen

| pos = right

| embed = yes

| filename = Masikoro language sample.ogg

| title = Masikoro language sample

| type = speech

| description = Masikoro people explaining their opposition to the Base Toliara mining project.

}}

}}

Masikoro is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Masikoro in the province of Toliara.