Antaimoro dialect
| Antaimoro | |
|---|---|
| Zakan'Atemoro | |
| Native to | |
| Ethnicity | Antemoro people |
Native speakers | 1,327,000 [1] |
Austronesian
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| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | Mg |
| ISO 639-3 | Plt |
| Glottolog | anta1259 |
| Linguasphere | 31-LDA-bb |
Antaimoro is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Antemoro people in the region of Fitovinany. [2]
Classification
[edit]Antaimoro is an Austronesian language part of the Plateaux malagasy group.
Characteristics
[edit]Antaimoro is very simillar and it can be mistaken to Antaifasy dialect. The difference between the two dialects are quiet small.
Vocabulary
[edit]Numerals
[edit]| English gloss | Malagasy standard gloss | Antaimoro gloss |
|---|---|---|
| One | Iray/Isa | Iraika/Isa |
| Two | Roa | Roa |
| Three | Telo | Telo |
| Four | Efatra | Efatra |
| Five | Dimy | Dimy |
| Six | Enina | Enina |
| Seven | Fito | Fito |
| Eight | Valo | Valo |
| Nine | Sivy | Sivy |
| Ten | Folo | Folo |
| Hundred | Zato | Zato |
| Thousand | Arivo | Arivo |
| Ten thousand | Iray halina | Ray haligny |
| One hundred thousand | Iray hetsy | Ray hetsy |
| One million | Tapitrisa | Tapitrisa |
Animals
[edit]| English gloss | Malagasy standard gloss | Antaifasy gloss |
|---|---|---|
| Animal | Biby | Biby |
| Bird | Vorona | Vorogny |
| Duck | Ganagana | Ganagana |
| Chicken | Akoho | Akoho |
| Goose | Gisa | Gisa |
| Cow | Omby | Aomby |
| Sheep | Ondry | Ondry |
Direction
[edit]| English gloss | Malagasy standard gloss | Antaifasy gloss |
|---|---|---|
| North | Avaratra | Avaratry |
| South | Atsimo | Atsimo |
| East | Atsinanana | Atsignanagna |
| West | Andrefana | Andrefagna |
Time
[edit]| English gloss | Malagasy standard gloss | Antaifasy gloss |
|---|---|---|
| Day | Andro | Andro |
| Today | Anio/Androany | Androany |
| Yesterday | Omaly | Omaly |
| Tomorrow | Rahampitso | Omaray/Ampitso |
| Month | Volana | Volagna |
| Year | Taona | Taogna |