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Betsileo dialect
Austronesian language spoken in the southern highlands of Madagascar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Betsileo is a dialect of Malagasy[1][2][3][4] spoken in the homeland of Betsileo people.[5]
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Classification
Betsileo is an Austronesian language part of the Plateaux branch of Malagasy language.[6]
Geographic distribution
The Betsileo dialect is widely spoken in the regions of Amoron'i Mania and Matsiatra Ambony.[7] It is the primary dialect spoken in the cities of Fianarantsoa, Ambositra, and Ambalavao.[8]
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