Sahavoay dialect
Austronesian language of Madagascar
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Sahavoay is a dialect[1] of the Malagasy language spoken by the Sahavoay ethnic group in Atsimo Atsinanana, Madagascar.[2]
Nativeto
EthnicitySahavoay
Austronesian
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Malayo-Polynesian
- Western Indonesian
- Barito
- East Barito
- Central-Eastern Malagasic
- Plateaux Malagasy
- Antefasy–Antemoro
- Sahavoay
- Antefasy–Antemoro
- Plateaux Malagasy
- Central-Eastern Malagasic
- East Barito
- Barito
- Western Indonesian
- Latin script (Malagasy alphabet)
| Sahavoay | |
|---|---|
| Native to | |
| Ethnicity | Sahavoay |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Classification
Sahavoay is part of the Austronesian language family, within the Central-Eastern Malagasic branch. It is further classified under the Plateaux Malagasy and Antefasy–Antemoro subgroups.[3]
Geographical distribution
The Sahavoay dialect is spoken in the communes of Bevoay, Ambohigogo, Maheriraty and Ambohimandroso in the Farafangana district.
Characteristics
Sahavoay is most similar to the Antaifasy dialect, with which it shares many phonological and lexical features.
| # | Gloss | Standard Malagasy | Sahavoay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vocabulary | |||
| 1 | One | Iray | Raiky |
| 2 | I | Aho | Iaho |
| 3 | We (exclusive) | Izahay | Ahay |
| 4 | We (inclusive) | Isika | Atsika |
| 5 | They | Izy ireo | Indreo |
| 6 | Rice | Vary | Vary |
| 7 | Cow | Omby | Aomby |
| 8 | Mountain | Tendrombohitra | Vohitry |
| 9 | To climb | Miakatra | Magnaniky |
| 10 | House | Trano | Tragno |
| 11 | Since | Hatramin’ny | Lahata |
| 12 | If | Raha | Laha |