Mikea dialect

Mikea
EthnicityMikea
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologmike1243
Mikea dialect sample
A Mikea speaker calling for spirit protection and blessing.

Mikea is a Southern Malagasy dialect spoken by the Mikea people in the region of Atsimo-Andrefana. It is closely related to the dialects spoken by the Vezo and Masikoro communities.[1][2]

Vocabulary

Mikea Vocabulary with Standard Malagasy comparison
# Gloss Standard Malagasy Mikea
1 Us Izahay Rahay
2 Again Indray Ndreky
3 To watch — Manenty
4 Good Tsara / Soa Soa
5 If Raha Laha
6 They / Them Zareo Rozy
7 Bad Ratsy Raty
8 You (singular) Anao Iha
9 All Avy Iaby
10 Guest Vahiny Vahiny
11 Above Ambony Agnabo

References

  1. ^ Lefèvre, Gabriel (2013). Médecine traditionnelle à Madagascar : Les mots-plantes. Paris: L'Harmattan. p. 297. ISBN 9782343016894.
  2. ^ Grimes, Barbara F. (2000). Summer Institute of Linguistics (ed.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (14th ed.). SIL International. p. 295. ISBN 9780883128152.
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