Northern Betsimisaraka dialect
{{short description|Austronesian language of Madagascar}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Northern Betsimisaraka
| nativename = Fiteny Betsimisaraka Avaratra
| states = {{ubl|Madagascar}}
| ethnicity = Northern Betsimisaraka peoplehttps://globalrecordings.net/en/language/bmm
| nation =
| speakers = 1,799,000 https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/10819/MA
| date =
| ref =
| familycolor = Austronesian
| fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian
| fam3 = Western Indonesian
| fam4 = Barito
| fam5 = East Barito
| fam6 = Northern Malagasic
| iso3 = bzc
| glotto = nort2890
| glottorefname = Malagasic
| lingua = 31-LDA-ac
| script = {{ubl
| Latin script (Malagasy alphabet)
}}
| module = {{Listen
| pos = right
| embed = yes
| filename = Northern betsimisaraka language sample.ogg
| title = Northern Betsimisaraka language sample
| type = speech
| description = Sample of gospel in the Northern Betsimisaraka dialect from Antsirabe Nord.
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}}
Northern Betsimisaraka is a northern dialect of Malagasy spoken by the Northern Betsimisaraka people.https://islands-mission.org/translations/
Classification
Northern Betsimisaraka dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family and is part of the Northern Malagasic branch.
Geographic distribution
Northern Betsimisaraka is the popular dialect in the region of in the region of Sava, Analanjirofo, Atsinanana and also for Northern Betsimisaraka diaspora in the capital Antananarivo.
Vocabulary
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! English gloss !! Malagasy standard gloss!! Northern Betsimisaraka gloss | ||
One | Isa/Iray | Isa/Araiky |
All | Rehetra/Avy | Jiaby |
Already | Efa | Afa |
Father | Ray | Ada |
Man | Lehilahy | Lalaha |
Woman | Vehivavy | Viavy |
His name | Anarany | Agnaragnanazy |
He made | Nataony | Nanony |
His strength | Heriny | Herenazy |
I created | Izaho no namorona | Za namorogno |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Bornean languages}}
{{Western Malayo-Polynesian languages}}
{{Languages of Madagascar}}