Northern Sakalava dialect
{{short description|Austronesian language of Madagascar}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Northern Sakalava
| nativename =
| states = {{ubl|Madagascar}}
| ethnicity = Boina Sakalava
| nation =
| speakers =
| date =
| ref =
| familycolor = Austronesian
| fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian
| fam3 = Western Indonesian
| fam4 = Barito
| fam5 = East Barito
| fam6 = Northern Malagasic
| iso3 = skg
| glotto = maju1234
| glottorefname = Malagasic
| lingua = 31-LDA-dc
| script = {{ubl
| Latin script (Malagasy alphabet)
}}
| module = {{Listen
| pos = right
| embed = yes
| filename = North Sakalava Sample 2.ogg
| title = Northern Sakalava language sample
| type = speech
| description = The wife of a castaway recalling her husband's survival at sea and rescue, then thanking the authorities in Majunga for their help to her husband and family.
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Northern Sakalava is a northern dialect of Malagasy spoken by Sakalava people especially in the region of Boeny and Sofia. https://islands-mission.org/translations/
Classification
Northern Sakalava dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family. It is part of Northern Malagasy subgroup along with Tsimihety, Bushi, Northern Betsimisaraka and Antakarana.https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/maju1234
Geographic distribution
Vocabulary
class="wikitable sortable"
! English !! Malagasy standard !! Northern Sakalava | ||
One | Iray | Araiky |
And | Sy | Ndreky |
All | Rehetra/Avy | Jiaby/Aby |
So | Ka | Ke |
Thing | Zavatra | Raha |
Mind | Saina | Jery |
Beautiful | Tsara | Meva |
Difficulty | Fahasarotana | Sarotro |
Wealth | Harena | Hariagna |
Sky/Heaven | Lanitra | Lagnitry |
To Watch | Mijery | Mizaha |
His/Her goodness | Hatsarany | Hatsarananany |
His/Her strength | Heriny | Angovonazy |
Henry arrived | Tonga I Henry | Navy I Henry |
His/Her student | Mpianany | Mpianatranany |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Bornean languages}}
{{Western Malayo-Polynesian languages}}
{{Languages of Madagascar}}