Northern Betsimisaraka is a northern dialect of Malagasy spoken by the Northern

Betsimisaraka people The Betsimisaraka ("the many inseparables") are the second largest ethnic groups of Madagascar, ethnic group in Madagascar after the Merina and make up approximately fifteen percent of the Malagasy people. They occupy a large stretch of the easte ...

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Classification

Northern Betsimisaraka dialect belongs to the

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language family and is part of the Northern Malagasic branch.

Geographic distribution

Northern Betsimisaraka is the popular dialect in the region of in the region of

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Analanjirofo Analanjirofo is a region in northeastern Madagascar. Until 2009 it was a part of Toamasina Province. It borders Sava Region to the north, Sofia Region to the west, Alaotra-Mangoro Region to the southwest and Atsinanana Region to the south. The c ...

Atsinanana Atsinanana is a coastal region in eastern Madagascar. It borders Analanjirofo region in the north, Alaotra-Mangoro in the west, Vakinankaratra and Amoron'i Mania in the southwest, and Vatovavy in the south. The region contains over 285km of coas ...

and also for Northern Betsimisaraka diaspora in the capital Antananarivo.

Vocabulary

References

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