Antakarana is a northern dialect of Malagasy spoken by Antakarana people in the province of

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Classification

Antakarana is a northern dialect of the Malagasy language, which belongs to the

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family. It is closely related to Northern Sakalava, Bushi, Northern Betsimisaraka, and Tsimihety dialects.https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/anta1255

Geographic distribution

Antakarana is the popular dialect in the regions of

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and to a lesser extent

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and

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Characteristics

The prolonged French presence in Antsiranana province has led speakers of the Antakarana dialect to incorporate French vocabulary into their language, resulting in a blend of native and French linguistic elements.

Vocabulary

References

{{Languages of Madagascar Malagasy language Verb–object–subject languages Languages of Madagascar