Mahafaly dialect

dialect, language
Subclass of	Malagasy
Country	Madagascar

Mahafaly be a dialect of de Malagasy language^[1]^[2] wey de Mahafaly people dey speak insyd de Atsimo-Andrefana region of southwestern Madagascar.^[3]

Classification

Mahafaly dey belong to de Austronesian languages family under de Malayo-Polynesian languages branch, within de Barito languages group. E be classified as a Southern Malagasic dialect alongsyd Southern Sakalava,Tandroy, Vezo, Masikoro den Karimbola.^[4]

Geographic distribution

Approximately 472,000 people dey speak Mahafaly insyd de arid southwest of Madagascar, mainly insyd de Atsimo-Andrefana region.

References

↑ Grimes, Barbara F. (2000). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (14th ed.). Summer Institute of Linguistics. p. 293. ISBN 9780883128152.
↑ McElroy, Colleen J. (1999). Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar. University of Michigan Press. p. xxii.
↑ Ferrand, Gabriel (1903). Essai de phonétique comparée du malais et des dialectes malgaches : thèse pour le doctorat d'université (in French). Paris: Ernest Leroux, Libraire-Éditeur. p. XXXIX.
↑ Bright, William (1992). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Oxford University Press. p. 205. ISBN 9780195051964.

[1] Grimes, Barbara F. (2000). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (14th ed.). Summer Institute of Linguistics. p. 293. ISBN 9780883128152.

[2] McElroy, Colleen J. (1999). Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar. University of Michigan Press. p. xxii.

[3] Ferrand, Gabriel (1903). Essai de phonétique comparée du malais et des dialectes malgaches : thèse pour le doctorat d'université (in French). Paris: Ernest Leroux, Libraire-Éditeur. p. XXXIX.

[4] Bright, William (1992). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Oxford University Press. p. 205. ISBN 9780195051964.

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