Northern Sakalava dialect

Northern Sakalava
Northern Sakalava
Native to	Madagascar;
Ethnicity	Boina Sakalava
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Western Indonesian Barito East Barito Northern malagasy Northern Sakalava; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin script (Malagasy alphabet);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	skg
Glottolog	maju1234
Linguasphere	31-LDA-d
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Northern Sakalava is a northern dialect of Malagasy spoken by Sakalava people especially in the region of Boeny and Sofia. ^[1]

Classification

Northern Sakalava dialect belongs to the Austronesian language family. It is part of Northern Malagasy subgroup along with Tsimihety, Bushi, Northern Betsimisaraka and Antakarana.^[2]

Northern Sakalava is the main dialect spoken in the province of Mahajanga and partially in the region of Betsiboka.

v t e Languages of Madagascar
Official languages	French Malagasy
Malagasy dialects	Antefasy Antambahoaka Vezo Sihanaka Tanala Antakarana Antesaka Tsimihety Northern Sakalava Antaimoro Bara Southern Betsimisaraka
Foreign languages	English
Sign languages	Malagasy Sign Language