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Vezo dialect

Last updated: 2025-08-10 16:18:59

Vezo dialect
Vezo
Native to
EthnicityVezo[1]
Native speakers
386,000
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologvezo1235
Linguasphere31-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, Masikoro, Tandroy, Mahafaly,Bara and Tanosy.[2][3]

Classification

Vezo dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family. Vezo language is very close to Southern sakalava dialect phonetically.

Geographic distribution

The Vezo dialect is predominantly spoken by the nomadic Vezo ethnic group and is the primary dialect in the city of Toliara. It is mainly used along the coastal areas of Atsimo-Andrefana, Menabe, and Androy.[4]

Vocabulary

Numerals

EnglishMalagasy StandardVezo
OneIray / IsaIraiky / Isaⓘ
TwoRoaRoaⓘ
ThreeTeloTeloⓘ
FourEfatraEfatraⓘ
FiveDimyDimy / Limyⓘ
SixEninaEninaⓘ
SevenFitoFitoⓘ
EightValoValoⓘ
NineSivySivyⓘ
TenFoloFoloⓘ
HundredZatoZatoⓘ
ThousandArivoArivo raikyⓘ
Ten thousandIray alinaRay alyⓘ
One hundred thousandIray hetsyRay hetsyⓘ
One millionTapitrisaTapitrisaⓘ
One billionLavitrisaLavitrisaⓘ

Animals

EnglishMalagasy StandardVezo
AnimalBibyBibyⓘ
BirdVoronaVoroⓘ
FishTrondroFiaⓘ
ChickenAkohoAkohoⓘ
CowOmbyAombyⓘ
AntVitsikaVitikyⓘ
TortoiseSokatraSokakyⓘ
OctopusHoritaHoritaⓘ
GooseGisaGisaⓘ
CrabDrakakaDrakakyⓘ
GoatOsyAosyⓘ
SerpentBibilavaBibilavaⓘ
SheepOndryAondryⓘ
ShrimpOranaTsitsikyⓘ
TigerTigraTigraⓘ

Direction

EnglishMalagasy StandardVezo
EastAtsinananaAntsinananaⓘ
WestAndrefanaAndrefaⓘ
NorthAvaratraAvaratsyⓘ
SouthAtsimoAntsimoⓘ

Time

EnglishMalagasy StandardVezo
YesterdayOmalyNomalyⓘ
TodayAndroanyAndroanyⓘ
TomorrowRahampitsoAmarayⓘ
MonthVolanaVolanaⓘ

Fruits and Vegetables

EnglishMalagasy StandardVezo
AvocadoZavokaZavôkaⓘ
BananaAkondroKidaⓘ
BeanTsaramasoTsaramasoⓘ
CarrotKarôtyKarôtyⓘ
CassavaMangahazoBalahazoⓘ
Chinese cabbagePetsaySidesinyⓘ
CoconutVoanioCocoⓘ
CornKatsakaTsakoⓘ
CucumberConcombreKôkômbryⓘ
EggplantBeranjelyBaranjelyⓘ
GrapeVoalobokaVoalobokyⓘ
GuavaGoavyGoavyⓘ
LycheeLitchiLetisyⓘ
OnionTongoloTongoloⓘ
PapayaPapayPapayⓘ
PineappleMananasyMananasyⓘ
PotatoOvyPômedeteraⓘ
RiceVaryVaryⓘ
Sugar caneFaryFosikyⓘ
Sweet potatoVomangaBelehyⓘ
TomatoVoatabiaTamatesyⓘ

References

  1. ↑ "Madagascar et Malgache". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  2. ↑ "langue Malagasy: Vezo". globalrecordings.net.
  3. ↑ "The Antananarivo Annual and Madagascar Magazine". The Antananarivo Annual and Madagascar Magazine (4): 124. 1878.
  4. ↑ Molet, Louis (1957). Petit guide de toponymie malgache (PDF) (in French). Tananarive: Scientific Research Institute of Madagascar, Department of Human Sciences. pp. map (unnumbered) + p. 8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) The map is placed before the numbered pages.

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