Vezo dialect
| Vezo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | |
| Ethnicity | Vezo [1] |
Native speakers | 386,000 |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | mala1537 |
| 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 dialect, Masikoro dialect, Tandroy-Mahafaly dialect,Bara dialect and Tanosy dialect.[2]
Classification
[edit]Vezo dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family. Vezo language is very close to Southern sakalava dialect phonetically.
Geographic distribution
[edit]Vezo is a very popular dialect among the nomadic Vezo tribe and it's the main dialect spoken in the city of Toliara.
Vocabulary
[edit]Numerals
[edit]| English | Malagasy Standard | Vezo | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|---|
| One | Iray / Isa | Iraiky / Isa | |
| Two | Roa | Roa | |
| Three | Telo | Telo | |
| Four | Efatra | Efatra | |
| Five | Dimy | Dimy / Limy | |
| Six | Enina | Enina | |
| Seven | Fito | Fito | |
| Eight | Valo | Valo | |
| Nine | Sivy | Sivy | |
| Ten | Folo | Folo | |
| Hundred | Zato | Zato | |
| Thousand | Arivo | Arivo raiky | |
| Ten thousand | Iray alina | Ray aly | |
| One hundred thousand | Iray hetsy | Ray hetsy | |
| One million | Tapitrisa | Tapitrisa | |
| One billion | Lavitrisa | Lavitrisa |
Animals
[edit]| English | Malagasy standard | Vezo |
|---|---|---|
| Animal | Biby | Biby |
| Bird | Vorona | Voro |
| Duck | Ganagana | Ganagana |
| Chicken | Akoho | Akoho |
| Goose | Gisa | Gisa |
| Cow | Omby | Aomby |
| Sheep | Ondry | Aondry |
Direction
[edit]| English | Malagasy standard | Vezo |
|---|---|---|
| North | Avaratra | Avaratry |
| South | Atsimo | Antsimo |
| East | Atsinanana | Antsinana |
| West | Andrefana | Andrefa |
Time
[edit]| English | Malagasy standard | Vezo |
|---|---|---|
| Day | Andro | Andro |
| Today | Anio/Androany | Androany |
| Yesterday | Omaly | Lomaly |
| Tomorrow | Rahampitso | Amaray |
| Month | Volana | Vola |
| Year | Taona | Tao |
Comparison to other austronesian languages
[edit]| English gloss | Indonesia | Madagascar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bajo Island Standard Bajo (Bajo) | Bima Island Standard Bojo (Mbojo) | Vezo | |
| one | sa’ | iça | Isa/Raiky |
| three | telu | tolu | telo |
| five | lime | lima | limy/dimy |
| seven | pitu | pidu | fito |
| eight | walo | waru | valo |
| nine | sanga | çiwi | sivy |
| ten | pulu | puru | folo |
| hundred | datus | saratu | zato |