Masikoro is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Masikoro in the province of Toliara. The map is placed before the numbered pages.
Classification Masikoro dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family and part of the subgroup of malagasy dialect known as Southern malagasic. It's very close to Vezo and Southern Sakalava.
Geographic distribution Masikoro is a very popular dialect in the inland of Atsimo Andrefana while Vezo dialect dominated its coast. Vocabulary + Masikoro Vocabulary with Standard Malagasy comparison # Gloss Standard Malagasy Masikoro 1 To accept Manaiky Magnenky 2 If Raha Laha 3 Girl / Woman Vehivavy Ampela 4 Fear Matahotra Matahotsy 5 Only / Also Ihany / Foana Avao 6 Who Iza Ia 7 From Avy Baka 8 Not yet Tsy mbola Mbo 9 Opinion Hevitra Hevitsy 10 Near Eo akaiky Mariniky 11 How Ahoana Ahoa 12 Hungry Noana Masaregny 13 Witness Vavolombelona Vavolombelo 14 When Rehefa Lahafa 15 Five Dimy Limy 16 Where Aiza Aia 17 Now / At the present time Amin’izao fotoana izao Ananikizao 18 They Zareo Rozy 19 I Izaho Raho 20 Weapon Fitaovam-piadiana Fitaovapiadia
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