Vezo dialect

Vezo
Vezo
Native to	Madagascar;
Ethnicity	Vezo
Native speakers	386,000
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Western Indonesian Barito East Barito Southern malagasy Vezo; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin script (Malagasy alphabet);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	mala1537
Linguasphere	31-LDA-ce
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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 Sakalava, Masikoro, Tandroy-Mahafaly,Bara and Tanosy.^[2]

Classification

Vezo dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family. Vezo language is very close to Southern sakalava dialect phonetically.

Vezo is a very popular dialect among the nomadic Vezo tribe and it's the main dialect spoken in the city of Toliara.

English	Malagasy Standard	Vezo
One	Iray / Isa	Iraiky / Isa
Two	Roa	Roa
Three	Telo	Telo
Four	Efatra	Efatra
Five	Dimy	Dimy / Limy
Six	Enina	Enina
Seven	Fito	Fito
Eight	Valo	Valo
Nine	Sivy	Sivy
Ten	Folo	Folo
Hundred	Zato	Zato
Thousand	Arivo	Arivo raiky
Ten thousand	Iray alina	Ray aly
One hundred thousand	Iray hetsy	Ray hetsy
One million	Tapitrisa	Tapitrisa
One billion	Lavitrisa	Lavitrisa

English	Malagasy Standard	Vezo
Animal	Biby	Biby
Bird	Vorona	Voro
Fish	Trondro	Fia
Chicken	Akoho	Akoho
Cow	Omby	Aomby
Ant	Vitsika	Vitiky
Tortoise	Sokatra	Sokaky
Octopus	Horita	Horita
Goose	Gisa	Gisa

English gloss	Indonesia		Madagascar
English gloss	Bajo Island Standard Bajo (Bajo)	Bima Island Standard Bojo (Mbojo)	Vezo
one	sa’	iça	Isa/Raiky
three	telu	tolu	telo
five	lime	lima	limy/dimy
seven	pitu	pidu	fito
eight	walo	waru	valo
nine	sanga	çiwi	sivy
ten	pulu	puru	folo
hundred	datus	saratu	zato