Merina Malagasy
E533946
Merina Malagasy is the central highlands variety of the Malagasy language that forms the basis of the country’s standard written and official form.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Merina Malagasy canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
language variety
ⓘ
variety of Malagasy language ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Merina Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basisOf |
official form of Malagasy
ⓘ
standard written Malagasy ⓘ |
| center | Antananarivo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Betsileo Malagasy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Betsimisaraka Malagasy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Madagascar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Highlands Malagasy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Standard Malagasy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialectBase | speech of the Merina people ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalCenter | Imerina region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bantu Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ English NERFINISHED ⓘ French NERFINISHED ⓘ Malay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | rich voice system ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | five-vowel system ⓘ |
| hasStandardization | orthographic norms for Malagasy ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | verb–object–subject word order tendencies ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arabic language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ French language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lexifierFor | Malagasy-based contact varieties ⓘ |
| partOf | Malagasy language ⓘ |
| region | Central Highlands of Madagascar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | de facto standard spoken Malagasy ⓘ |
| spokenIn | central highlands of Madagascar ⓘ |
| standardFor | Republic of Madagascar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | prestige variety of Malagasy ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca in Madagascar ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Merina ethnic group
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
urban population of Antananarivo ⓘ |
| usedIn |
education in Madagascar
ⓘ
government administration in Madagascar ⓘ media in Madagascar ⓘ national legislation in Madagascar ⓘ national radio broadcasts in Madagascar ⓘ national television broadcasts in Madagascar ⓘ official documents in Madagascar ⓘ primary school instruction in Madagascar ⓘ secondary school instruction in Madagascar ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.