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Tsimihety dialect

Tsimihety
Native to
EthnicityTsimihety people
Native speakers
2,475,000 [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3xmw
Glottologtsim1257
Linguasphere31-LDA-ec

Tsimihety is a northern dialect of Malagasy spoken by Tsimihety people in the region of Sofia.[2]

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.[3][4]

Geographic distribution

The Tsimihety dialect is predominantly spoken in the Sofia Region of Madagascar. Additionally, it is used by Tsimihety diaspora communities in the cities of Mahajanga and Antananarivo. It is also spoken in the Sava Region, particularly in the Andapa District.[5][6]

Vocabulary

Tsimihety Vocabulary
# Gloss Standard Malagasy Tsimihety
Family & People
1 Father Ray Ada
2 People Olona Ologno
Time & Modality
3 Now Izao Izy ke
4 When Rehefa Izy koa
5 Only Ihany Fô / Fôgna
6 Even Na Ndre
7 Really Tokoa Tatô
8 Yet Mbola Apôla
Space & Place
9 In Any Akagny
10 On Eo / Teo Akeo / Takeo
11 Here Ato Akato
12 Near Akaiky Mariny
13 Then Avy eo Avy akeo
14 So Ka Ke
Conditions & Life
15 Suffering Fijaliana Fijaliagna
16 Alive Velona Velogno
17 Spring (Water) Loharano Lôharano
18 Clean Madio Madi
Verbs & Actions
19 To show Aseho Abôla
20 To hide Afenina Avôny
21 To listen Mihaino Mitandregny

References

  1. ^ https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/15593/MA
  2. ^ https://islands-mission.org/translations/
  3. ^ https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/nort3207
  4. ^ Jaovelo-Dzao, Robert (1996). Mythes, rites et transes à Madagascar : angano, joro et tromba sakalava. Paris: Karthala. p. 366.
  5. ^ Les cultures commerciales dans un milieu géographique original : la cuvette d'Andapa (Madagascar) (PDF) (in French). Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD). p. 341. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  6. ^ Molet, Louis (1957). Petit guide de toponymie malgache (PDF) (in French). Tananarive: Scientific Research Institute of Madagascar, Department of Human Sciences. pp. map (unnumbered) + p. 8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) The map is placed before the numbered pages.
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