Vezo dialect

Vezo
Vezo
Native to	Madagascar;
Ethnicity	Vezo
Native speakers	386,000
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Western Indonesian Barito East Barito Southern malagasy Vezo; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin script (Malagasy alphabet);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	vezo1235
Linguasphere	31-LDA-ce

Vezo is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Vezo in the provinces of Mahajanga and Toliara. It is among southern dialects of Malagasy along with Southern Sakalava, Masikoro, Tandroy-Mahafaly,Bara and Tanosy.^[2]

Classification

Vezo dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family. Vezo language is very close to Southern sakalava dialect phonetically.

Vezo is a very popular dialect among the nomadic Vezo tribe and it's the main dialect spoken in the city of Toliara.

^ "Madagascar et Malgache". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
^ "langue Malagasy: Vezo". globalrecordings.net.

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Official languages	French Malagasy
Malagasy dialects	Sahafatra Antefasy Betsileo Vakinankaratra Masikoro Anjoaty Tanosy Bezanozano Antambahoaka Vezo Sihanaka Tanala Antakarana Antesaka Tsimihety Northern Sakalava Antaimoro Bara Southern Betsimisaraka Northern Betsimisaraka
Foreign languages	English
Sign languages	Malagasy Sign Language

Vezo
Native to	Madagascar
Ethnicity	Vezo^[1]
Native speakers	386,000
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Western Indonesian Barito East Barito Southern malagasy Vezo
Writing system	Latin script (Malagasy alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	`vezo1235`
Linguasphere	`31-LDA-ce`