Betsileo dialect

Betsileo
Betsileo
Native to	Madagascar;
Ethnicity	Betsileo
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Western Indonesian Barito East Barito Central-Eastern Malagasic Plateaux Malagasy Betsileo; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin script (Malagasy alphabet);
Language codes
ISO 639-1	mg
ISO 639-3	plt
Glottolog	bets1235
Linguasphere	31-LDA-aj
	Betsileo dialect sample 1 A woman speaking in the Betsileo dialect about helping malnourished children. ; Betsileo dialect sample 2 Betsileo peasants praising support received from ADRA projects in the Betsileo ; Betsileo dialect - Ambatofinandrahana An elder man telling the story of a local princess curse upon the city of Ambatofinandrahana

Nativeto

EthnicityBetsileo

Betsileo is a dialect of Malagasy^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] spoken in the homeland of Betsileo people.^[5]

#	Gloss	Standard Malagasy	Betsileo
Pronouns & Numbers
1	One	Iray	Iraika
2	One (last night)	Iray halina	Iray haligna
3	I / Me	Izaho / Aho	Aho / A
4	He / She / Him / Her	Izy	Izy/Ihy
5	We	Izahay / Isika	Agnay / Atsika
6	You	Anao / Anareo	Agnao / Agnareo
Negation & Intensity
7	All	Avy	Aby
8	Not	Tsy	Tsa
9	Really / Very	Tena	Tegna
10	Too much	Be loatra	Be loatsa
Grammar & Concepts
11	That	no	ro
12	Question	Fanontaniana	Fanontanena
13	To say	Miteny	Mitarogna
Daily Life
14	Family	Fianakaviana	Fianakavena
15	Fear	Tahotra	Tahotsa

v t e Languages of Madagascar
Official languages	French Malagasy
Malagasy dialects	Sahavoay Sahafatra Antefasy Betsileo Vakinankaratra Masikoro Anjoaty Antemanambondro Tanosy Bezanozano Antambahoaka Zafisoro Vezo Sihanaka Tanala Antakarana Antesaka Tsimihety Northern Sakalava Antaimoro Bara Southern Betsimisaraka Northern Betsimisaraka Mikea
Foreign languages	English Swahili Comorian Gujarati Chinese Mandarin Cantonese
Sign languages	Malagasy Sign Language

Geographic distribution