George Williams Parker, A Concise Grammar of the Malagasy Language… (1883)
“ They are enough to show that all these dialects form essentially one language, the local differences being due to causes acting over a limited region; while strong foreign influence (limited, however, to one tribe) is seen in the case of the Hova names for the months. ”
George Williams Parker, A Concise Grammar of the Malagasy Language… (1883)
“ The twelve Malagasy months do not correspond with our months, but are continually shifting their place in our calendar, the Malagasy year being eleven days shorter than ours. 1st ’Alamahàdy Hatsìa (-ka) Hatsìa Hatsìa Asìha Hataìa Hatsìa Hatsìa 2nd Adàoro Vòlasìra Vòlasìra Vàlasìra Vàlasìra Vòlasìra Vòlasìra Vòlasìra 3rd ’Adizàoza Zarày Vòlapàosa Vàlampòsa Fòsa ? ”
