menasa

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Although in German and in Latin, the finite verb of a sentence usually appears at the end and, in English, it appears between the subject and the object, in Malagasy, a Western Austronesian language spoken in Madagascar (Malagasy Republic), the verb appears invariably at the beginning of the sentence and the noun at the end: menasa my lamba ity Rasoa wash the clothes this Rasoa

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 2 1982
You may also see similar terms like MENA (Middle East and North Africa), MENASA (Middle East, North Africa, South Asia), or SSWANA (South and Southwest Asia and North Africa).

SWANA – Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center 2026