Tsimihety dialect

{{short description|Austronesian language of Madagascar}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Tsimihety

| nativename =

| states = {{ubl|Madagascar}}

| ethnicity = Tsimihety people

| nation =

| speakers = 2,475,000 https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/15593/MA

| date =

| ref =

| familycolor = Austronesian

| fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian

| fam3 = Western Indonesian

| fam4 = Barito

| fam5 = East Barito

| fam6 = Northern Malagasic

| iso3 = xmw

| glotto = tsim1257

| glottorefname = Malagasic

| lingua = 31-LDA-ec

| script = {{ubl

| Latin script (Malagasy alphabet)

}}

| module = {{Listen

| pos = right

| embed = yes

| filename = Tsimihety language audio sample.ogg

| title = Tsimihety language sample

| type = speech

| description = Tsimihety woman reading gospel in the Tsimihety dialect.

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Tsimihety is a northern dialect of Malagasy spoken by Tsimihety people in the region of Sofia.https://islands-mission.org/translations/

Classification

Tsimihety dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family. It is part of Northern Malagasy subgroup along with Northern Sakalava, Bushi, Northern Betsimisaraka and Antakarana.https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/nort3207

Geographic distribution

Tsimihety is the popular dialect in the region of Sofia and of the Tsimihety diaspora in Mahajanga and Antananarivo.

Vocabulary

class="wikitable sortable"

! English !! Malagasy standard !! Tsimihety

FatherRayAda
PeopleOlonaOlogno
NowIzaoIzy ke
WhenRehefaIzy koa
NowIzaoIzy ke
OnlyIhanyFô/Fôgna
EvenNaNdre
ReallyTokoaTatô
YetMbolaApôla
InAnyAkagny
OnEo/TeoAkeo/Takeo
HereAtoAkato
NearAkaikMariny
ThenAvy eoAvy akeo
SoKaKe
SufferingFijalianaFijaliagna
AliveVelonaVelogno
Spring(Water)LoharanoLôharano
CleanMadioMadi
To showAsehoAbôla
To hideAfeninaAvôny
To listenMihainoMitandregny

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Bornean languages}}

{{Western Malayo-Polynesian languages}}

{{Languages of Madagascar}}

Category:Malagasy language

Category:Verb–object–subject languages

Category:Languages of Madagascar