Anjoaty dialect

Anjoaty also known as Sakalava Anjoaty^[2] is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by the Anjoaty people in the city of Vohémar and surrounding areas in northeastern Madagascar.

Anjoaty
Native to	Madagascar
Ethnicity	Anjoaty
Native speakers	c. 250,000 [1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Western Indonesian Barito East Barito Northern Malagasic Anjoaty
Writing system	Latin script (Malagasy alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
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Classification

Anjoaty is an Austronesian language variety belonging to the Northern Malagasic branch of the Malagasy.

Geographical distribution

The Anjoaty dialect is spoken in and around the city of Vohémar,^[3] in the Sava Region of northeastern Madagascar.^[4]

Characteristics

Anjoaty shares similarities with northern Malagasy dialects such as Antakarana and Northern Betsimisaraka, but retains distinct lexical and phonological traits.