Tanosy dialect

{{short description|Austronesian language of Madagascar}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Tanosy

| nativename =

| states = {{ubl|Madagascar}}

| ethnicity = Tanosy people

| nation =

| speakers = 913,000 https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/10346/MA

| date =

| ref =

| familycolor = Austronesian

| fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian

| fam3 = Western Indonesian

| fam4 = Barito

| fam5 = East Barito

| fam6 = Southern malagasy

| iso3 = txy

| glotto = tano1246

| glottorefname = Malagasic

| lingua = 31-LDA-bg

| script = {{ubl

| Latin script (Malagasy alphabet)

}}

}}

Tanosy is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Tanosy people in South-eastern Madagascar.https://motmalgache.org/bins/ethnicLists

Classification

Tanosy dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family and part of Southern malagasy subgroup.

Geographic distribution

Tanosy is widely spoken in Anosy region and the popular dialect spoken in the city of Fort-dauphin. https://islands-mission.org/translations/

Vocabulary

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! English gloss !! Malagasy standard gloss!! Tanosy gloss

OneIray/IsaRaiky/Isa
YouAnareoAndrareo
We/UsIsikaAtsika
TheNyGny
That/Who/WhichNo/IzayGny
FromAvy anyLahatè
SufferingFijalianaFijalia
Wife/HusbandVadyValy
AngelAnjelyAjely
SheepOndryAgnondry
CowOmbyAgnomby
KnifeAntsyMesa
WeekErinandroErignandro
YearTaonaTao
TaxHetraVilin-doha
To seekMitadyMitaly

References

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{{Western Malayo-Polynesian languages}}

{{Languages of Madagascar}}

Category:Malagasy language

Category:Verb–object–subject languages

Category:Languages of Madagascar