Sihanaka dialect
{{Short description|Austronesian language of Madagascar}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Sihanaka
| nativename =
| states = {{ubl|Madagascar}}
| ethnicity = Sihanaka
| nation =
| speakers = 695,000 https://www.peoplegroups.org/explore/GroupDetails.aspx?peid=15313
| 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 = siha1244
| glottorefname = Malagasic
| lingua = 31-LDA-ab
| script = {{ubl
| Latin script (Malagasy alphabet)
}}
| notice = IPA
}}
Sihanaka is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Sihanaka people.https://www.wycliffe.org/blog/posts/sihanaka-of-madagascar
Classification
Sihanaka is an austronesian language part of the Plateaux branch of Malagasy language.
Characteristics
Northern dialects like Tsimihety and Northern Betsimisaraka influence a lot the Sihanaka language.
Vocabulary
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! English !! Malagasy standard !! Sihanaka | ||
One | Iray | Raika |
God | Andriamanitra | Andriamagnitra |
Mango | Manga | Voamanga |
Sweet potato | Voamanga | Tsimanga |
Papaya | Papay | Mampazo |
Pine apple | Mananasy | Manasy |
Quality/Personality | Toetra | Toatra |
Huge | Ngezabe | Gedabe |
Goyava | Goavy | Gavo |
Thing | Zavatra | ràha |
Woman/Girl | Vehivavy | Viavy |
Here | Eto | Aketo |
There | Eo | Akeo |
In | Ao | Akao |
In/Inside | Anaty | Agnaty |
Above | Ambony | Agnambo |
Always | Foana | Foagna |
What | Inona | Ino |
How | Ahoana | Anakôry |
Then | Avy eo | Avy takeo |
Till When | Hatramin'oviana | Katram'oviana |
Both | Samy | Samby |
Him/His | Azy | Ananzy |
They/Them | Ireo/Zareo | Zareo |
In the house | Ao an-trano | An-dragno |
To hear | Maheno | Maregny |
His name | Anarany | Agnarany |
Don't fear | Aza matahotra | Aza matahatra |
We call him Hasinah | Hasinah no iantsoana azy | Hasinah agnantsonvangnan'azy |