Betsileo Malagasy

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Betsileo Malagasy is a prominent regional variety of the Malagasy language spoken primarily by the Betsileo people in the central highlands of Madagascar.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language variety
Malagasy dialect
regional variety of the Malagasy language
associatedEthnicGroup Betsileo NERFINISHED
associatedWith Betsileo culture NERFINISHED
Betsileo identity
belongsTo Malagasy dialect continuum NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Bara Malagasy NERFINISHED
Merina Malagasy NERFINISHED
Sihanaka Malagasy NERFINISHED
country Madagascar NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution Fianarantsoa province NERFINISHED
surrounding rural areas of the Betsileo highlands
hasDomain home and community domains
local markets and agriculture-related communication
hasISO639-3Code plt
hasLinguisticFeature lexical items specific to Betsileo region
minor grammatical differences from standard Malagasy
phonological differences from Merina Malagasy
hasMorphologyType agglutinative morphology
hasPhonologyType Malagasy-type phoneme inventory with regional variation
hasStatus major regional variety of Malagasy
hasTypologicalFeature preposed tense-aspect-mood markers
rich verbal voice system
hasWordOrder VOS-dominant word order
influencedBy Merina Malagasy through media and education
influences local toponyms in Betsileo region
isVarietyOf Plateau Malagasy NERFINISHED
languageBranch Barito languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
mutuallyIntelligibleWith other central highlands varieties of Malagasy
originatesFrom central highlands of Madagascar NERFINISHED
partOf Malagasy language NERFINISHED
region Betsileo region NERFINISHED
spokenBy Betsileo people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Madagascar NERFINISHED
spokenInRegion central highlands of Madagascar
standardizationRelativeTo less standardized than Merina-based official Malagasy
usedAlongside French in Madagascar
official Malagasy
usedFor daily communication among Betsileo people
local cultural practices
oral tradition
usesAlphabet Malagasy alphabet NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Malagasy majorDialect Betsileo Malagasy