Tanala dialect

{{short description|Austronesian language of Madagascar}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Tanala

| nativename =

| states = {{ubl|Madagascar}}

| ethnicity = Tanala people

| nation =

| speakers = 1,555,000 https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/15245/MA

| date =

| ref =

| familycolor = Austronesian

| fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian

| fam3 = Western Indonesian

| fam4 = Barito

| fam5 = East Barito

| fam6 = Central-Eastern Malagasic

| fam7 = Plateau malagasy

| iso3 = Plt

| glotto = mala1537

| glottorefname = Malagasic

| lingua = 31-LDA-aha

| script = {{ubl

| Latin script (Malagasy alphabet)

}}

}}

Tanala is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Tanala people in Madagascar.

Classification

Tanala or Antagnala language belongs to the Austronesian language family and one of dialects of the subgroup Plateaux Malagasy.

Location

Tanala is spoken in the Tanala region of Vatovavy-Fitovinany.http://olac.ldc.upenn.edu/language/plt

Vocabulary

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! English gloss !! Malagasy standard gloss!! Tanala gloss

ThemZareo/IreoZareo
UsIsikaAntsena
BothSamySamby
AllAvy/RehetraAby/Maro be
EvenNa diaNdreka
InsideAnatyAgnaty
OutsideIvelanyEmbelagny
FamilyFianakavianaFianakavena
ChildrenZanakaAnaka
ElderlyAntitraMavozo
RiverReniranoRanomamy
SeaRanomasinaRanomasina
RainOranaErika
CloudRahonaRahogna
NightAlinaAligna
LittleKelyBitaka
To tellTeneninaZakaina

References