Vezo is a dialect of Malagasy spoken by Vezo in the provinces of Mahajanga and Toliara. It is among southern dialects of Malagasy along with Southern...
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The Vezo is a Sakalava Malagasy term for Bajo, the semi-nomadic maritime or sea people from Central–Eastern Indonesia (esp. Flores Sea) who settled in...
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Velondriake, meaning “to live with the sea” in the Vezo dialect of the Malagasy language, is a locally managed marine area (LMMA). Established in 2006...
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Province. Along with Vezo and Mikea, the Masikoro are Sakalava people, the difference being that Masikoro are of the land, Vezo are of the sea, and Mikea...
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Mikea speak a dialect of the Malagasy language, which originated in southern Borneo. Their dialect is close to that spoken by the Vezo fishing clan and...
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Malagasy language (redirect from Dialects of Malagasy)
pronunciation: [malaˈɡasʲ]; Sorabe: مَلَغَسِ) is an Austronesian language and dialect continuum spoken in Madagascar. The standard variety, called Official Malagasy...
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are sometimes classified as a subgroup of the fishing peoples known as the Vezo (who are themselves a subset of the Sakalava people), although the Makoa...
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to be associated with shared ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect and cultural heritage; where the term "culture" specifically includes aspects...
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Madagascar (section Tree list of Malagasy dialects)
Sahafatra -Antesaka Southern Betsimisaraka Southern Malagasic Vezo-Sakalava Southern Sakalava Vezo Masikoro Tandroy Mahafaly Bara Antanosy Northern Malagasic...
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when possible. Forms from modern Slavic languages or other Church Slavic dialects may occasionally be given in place of Old Church Slavonic. For English...
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§ Orthography. The transcription is based on the Kerneveg dialect, the most spoken dialect. Sometimes written as Zent, zent or Sent. Sometimes written...
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The community is noteworthy for the longevity of its Irish culture and dialect. It was first settled in the 1720s, though French fishers knew of, and...
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a noun is hard to predict, and for some words can even vary from dialect to dialect. However, certain semantic groups of word tend to belong to a particular...
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people that have become accustomed to live from sea fishing. The Vezo speak a dialect of the Malagasy language, which is a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian...
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