Language/Southern-betsimisaraka-malagasy

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Facts about Southern Betsimisaraka Malagasy

• Language code (ISO 639-3): bzc
• Classification: Austronesian › Malayo-Polynesian › Greater Barito › East › Malagasy
• Autonyms (how to write "Southern Betsimisaraka Malagasy" in Southern Betsimisaraka Malagasy): Fiteny Malagasy
• Other names for "Southern Betsimisaraka Malagasy": Betsimisaraka Antatsimo Malagasy,Betsimisaraka Malagasy
• The Southern Betsimisaraka Malagasy language is spoken in: Madagascar

Malagasy is the only language spoken in all of Madagascar, while there are eighteen dialects spoken in different regions, for instance Sakalava, Tsimihety, Betsimisaraka, Betsileo, Antandroy, Antanosy, Antesaka, Antemoro, Bara, and Standard Malagasy. It’s emphasized that the basic grammatical structure is the same for all dialects. They mostly differ in terms of vocabulary. As for the Malagasy alphabet, there are some vowels and consonants that do not exist such as “u,c,q,x,w.” In fact the Malagasy language is close to Arabic in pronunciation. This short introduction is designed to give you a glimpse of what the Malagasy language is like before you arrive in Madagascar.

Malagasy is the westernmost Malayo-Polynesian language, brought to Madagascar by the settlement of Austronesian peoples from the Sunda islands around the 5th century AD. The Malagasy language is one of the Barito languages and is most closely related to the Ma'anyan language, still spoken on Borneo to this day. Malagasy also includes numerous Malay and Javanese loanwords, from the time of the early Austronesian settlement and trading between Madagascar and the Sunda Islands.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malagasy_language
• https://files.peacecorps.gov/multimedia/audio/languagelessons/madagascar/MG_Malagasy_Language_Lessons.pdf

Malagasy Dictionaries

• Malagasy-Word: Englsish-Malagasy dictionary, French & vocabulary by topics

• 17 minute languages: phrases usuelles malgache-français (+ audio)

• Dominicweb pronunciation of Malagasy words (audio)

• Diksionary englisy sy malagasy by Joseph Stewell (1875)

• Malagasy-English dictionary by James Richardson (1885)

• English and Malagasy vocabulary by Rabearana, Rabezandrina, Ralaitafikia (1863)

• Dictionary of the Malagasy language by Joseph John Freeman (1835)

• Dictionnaire malgache-français by Antoine Abinal & Victorin Malzac (1899)

• Dictionnaire français-malgache by Victorin Malzac (1926)

• Vocabulaire français-malgache by Aristide Marre (1895)

• Vocabulaire français-malgache rédigé par les missionnaires catholiques à l'usage de leurs élèves qui apprennent le français (1880)

• Dictionnaire français-malgache adapté aux dialectes de toutes les provinces, by Joseph Webber (1855)

• Dictionnaire de la langue de Madagascar d'après l'édition de 1658 & Histoire de la grande isle Madagascar de 1661, by Étienne de Flacourt, publié by Gabriel Ferrand (1905)

• Petit interprète du soldat français à Madagascar by Louis-Léon Dubois (1895)

• On loanwords in Malagasy by Alexander Adelaar, in Loanwords in the world's languages (2010)

• Arabic in Madagascar by Kees Versteegh, in Bulletin of the school of Oriental and African studies (2001)

Sources:

• https://www.lexilogos.com/english/malagasy_dictionary.htm
• http://olac.ldc.upenn.edu/item/oai:ethnologue.com:bzc

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