Tanala dialect

Tanala is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Tanala people in Madagascar.

Tanala
Native to	Madagascar
Ethnicity	Tanala people
Native speakers	1,555,000 [1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Western Indonesian Barito East Barito Central-Eastern Malagasic Plateau malagasy Tanala
Writing system	Latin script (Malagasy alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Plt
Glottolog	mala1537
Linguasphere	31-LDA-aha

Classification

Tanala or Antagnala language belongs to the Austronesian language family and one of dialects of the subgroup Plateaux Malagasy.

Location

Tanala is spoken in the Tanala region of Vatovavy-Fitovinany.^[2]

Vocabulary

English gloss	Malagasy standard gloss	Tanala gloss
Them	Zareo/Ireo	Zareo
Us	Isika	Antsena
Both	Samy	Samby
All	Avy/Rehetra	Aby/Maro be
Even	Na dia	Ndreka
Inside	Anaty	Agnaty
Outside	Ivelany	Embelagny
Family	Fianakaviana	Fianakavena
Children	Zanaka	Anaka
Elderly	Antitra	Mavozo
River	Renirano	Ranomamy
Sea	Ranomasina	Ranomasina
Rain	Orana	Erika
Cloud	Rahona	Rahogna
Night	Alina	Aligna
Little	Kely	Bitaka
To tell	Tenenina	Zakaina