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.
Statements (46)
| 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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