Karimbola dialect

Karimbola
Karimbola
Native to	Madagascar;
Ethnicity	Karimbola people
Native speakers	182,000
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Western Indonesian Barito East Barito Southern Malagasic Karimbola; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin script (Malagasy alphabet);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tdx
	Karimbola dialect sample 1 A man from Beloha speaking in Karimbola dialect about why Andry Rajoelina received a high number of votes in Beloha. ; Karimbola dialect sample 2 A man from Beloha speaking in Karimbola dialect explaining wedding traditions.
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Karimbola is a dialect of the Malagasy language spoken by the Karimbola people in southern Madagascar.^[2]

Classification

Karimbola belongs to the Austronesian language family, specifically the Southern Malagasic subgroup. It shares similarities with other dialects like Antandroy and Mahafaly.

Geographic distribution

The Karimbola dialect is spoken in the district of Beloha in the Androy region of southern Madagascar.^[3]

References

↑ "Karimbola in Madagascar". Joshua Project. 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025. Population 182,000; Christianity 25%, Evangelical 4%
↑ The Languages and Linguistics of Africa. Vol. 9. De Gruyter Mouton. 2018. p. 35.
↑ Molet, Louis (1957). Petit guide de toponymie malgache (PDF) (in French). Tananarive: Scientific Research Institute of Madagascar, Department of Human Sciences. pp. map (unnumbered) + p. 7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) The map is placed before the numbered pages.

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[1] "Karimbola in Madagascar". Joshua Project. 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025. Population 182,000; Christianity 25%, Evangelical 4%

[2] The Languages and Linguistics of Africa. Vol. 9. De Gruyter Mouton. 2018. p. 35.

[3] Molet, Louis (1957). Petit guide de toponymie malgache (PDF) (in French). Tananarive: Scientific Research Institute of Madagascar, Department of Human Sciences. pp. map (unnumbered) + p. 7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) The map is placed before the numbered pages.

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