Kibosy Kiantalaotsy-Majunga
Kibosy Kiantalaotsy-Majunga is an Austronesian language spoken in Mayotte. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Bushi or Kibosy (Shibushi or Kibushi) is a dialect of Malagasy spoken in the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte. Malagasy dialects most closely related to Bushi are spoken in northwestern Madagascar in the area of Antsiranana (Diego-Suarez) and Mahajanga (Majunga), which is also the closest point in Madagascar to Mayotte. Kibosy and Majunga together are considered one of the Malagasy languages by Glottolog.
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Written down
Ɓinadamu djabi nitirahinyi an-nafasi, reu bokeu miraŋa amin’ni usheu ndreka haki. Reu teraka ndreka ãkili ndreka hikima, amin’ni zenyi, reu nikulazimu nisi tweraŋa nin-fihavaŋa reu sambi reu.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Kibosy Kiantalaotsy-Majunga
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | fataNa* | |
| eye | masu* | |
| nose | uruN* | |
| tooth | hihi* | |
| tongue | lela* | |
| hand | taNana* | |
| blood | lyu* | |
| bone | taolaNa* | |
| breast | tratra* | |
| liver | ati* | |
| water | ranu* | |
| fire | motru* | |
| sun | taniandru* | |
| stone | vatu* | |
| tree | kakazu* | |
| leaf | ravin* | |
| night | ali5i* | |
| dog | androaka* | |
| fish | loku* | |
| one | areiki* | |
| two | arue* | |
| I | zaho* | |
| you | ano* | |
| we | zahei* | |
| see | izaha* | |
| come | avi* | |
| full | fenu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Tsimihety MalagasyAustronesian58% alike
- Antankarana MalagasyAustronesian58% alike
- Southern Betsimisaraka MalagasyAustronesian49% alike
- Northern Betsimisaraka MalagasyAustronesian46% alike
- Tesaka MalagasyAustronesian45% alike
- Masikoro MalagasyAustronesian44% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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