Malagasy, Tandroy-Mahafaly

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A language of Madagascar

ISO 639-3
tdx
Alternate Names
Mahafaly, Tandroy
Autonym
Antandroy
User Population

1,300,000 (2011 SIL). Tandroy 865,000; Mahafaly 330,000; Karimbola 103,000.

Location

Toliara province: Androy region, Ambovombe, Bekily, Beloha, and Tsihombe districts; Anosy and Atsimo-Andrefana regions.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Barito, East, Malagasy
Dialects

Lexical similarity: 62% with the Merina dialect of Plateau Malagasy [plt]. A member of macrolanguage Malagasy [mlg].

Language Use

Used by all.

Language Development

Bible portions: 2012–2014.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Malagasy, Tandroy-Mahafaly
Writing

Latin script [Latn].