Malagasy

E147397
Austronesian language agglutinative language national language subject–verb–object language

Malagasy is an Austronesian language spoken predominantly in Madagascar and serves as a key marker of the island’s national identity and culture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Malagasy canonical 26
Malagasy language 7
Betsimisaraka Malagasy 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
agglutinative language ⓘ
national language ⓘ
subject–verb–object language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Maanyan language ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
coOfficialWith French ⓘ
country Madagascar ⓘ
endonym teny malagasy ⓘ
glottocode mala1538 ⓘ
hasFeature extensive verbal morphology ⓘ
focus constructions ⓘ
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns ⓘ
rich voice system ⓘ
hasScriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
isKeyMarkerOf Malagasy culture ⓘ
Malagasy national identity ⓘ
ISO639-1Code mg ⓘ
ISO639-2Code mlg ⓘ
ISO639-3Code mlg ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
lexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Swahili language ⓘ
surface form: Swahili
majorDialect Antandroy Malagasy ⓘ
Antandroy Malagasy ⓘ
surface form: Antanosy Malagasy

Betsileo Malagasy ⓘ
Malagasy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Betsimisaraka Malagasy

Mahafaly Malagasy ⓘ
Merina Malagasy ⓘ
Sakalava Malagasy ⓘ
numberOfSpeakersEstimate "over 25 million" ⓘ
officialStatusIn Madagascar ⓘ
previousWritingSystem Arabic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Arabic script

Sorabe script ⓘ
primaryRegion Madagascar ⓘ
primaryWordOrder SVO ⓘ
regulatingBody Malagasy Academy ⓘ
spokenIn Madagascar ⓘ
standardBasedOn Merina dialect ⓘ
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
subgroup Barito languages subgroup ⓘ
surface form: Barito languages
usedAs national language of Madagascar ⓘ
usedIn education in Madagascar ⓘ
government in Madagascar ⓘ
media in Madagascar ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Madagascar → officialLanguage → Malagasy ⓘ
Madagascar → demonym → Malagasy ⓘ
Barito languages subgroup → hasHistoricalLinkWith → Malagasy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malagasy language
Barito languages subgroup → hasMemberLanguage → Malagasy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malagasy language
Barito languages subgroup → closelyRelatedTo → Malagasy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malagasy language
Austronesian alignment → hasExampleLanguage → Malagasy ⓘ
Mauritian Creole → hasInfluenceFromLanguage → Malagasy ⓘ
Proto-Austronesian → isAncestorOf → Malagasy ⓘ
Malagasy → majorDialect → Malagasy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Betsimisaraka Malagasy
Malagasy ariary → languageOnCurrency → Malagasy ⓘ
Maromokotro → nameLanguage → Malagasy ⓘ
Indian Ocean Commission → officialLanguage → Malagasy ⓘ
Antananarivo → officialLanguage → Malagasy ⓘ
Réunion Creole → hasPhonologyInfluenceFrom → Malagasy ⓘ
Réunion Creole → hasGrammarInfluenceFrom → Malagasy ⓘ
Réunion Creole → hasVocabularyFrom → Malagasy ⓘ
Creole → ethnicOrigin → Malagasy ⓘ
subject surface form: Creole (Mauritius)
Comorians → ethnicHeritage → Malagasy ⓘ
Senate of Madagascar → languageUsed → Malagasy ⓘ
Agreement between the Holy See and the Republic of Madagascar (2014) → language → Malagasy ⓘ
Mangoky River → languageOfName → Malagasy ⓘ
Maanyan language → closelyRelatedTo → Malagasy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malagasy language
Maanyan language → influenced → Malagasy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malagasy language
Maanyan language → lexicalSimilarityWith → Malagasy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malagasy language
Proto-Barito → ancestorOf → Malagasy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malagasy language
Tsiribihina River → languageOfToponym → Malagasy ⓘ
Indian Ocean French Creole → influencedBy → Malagasy ⓘ
Kreol Seselwa → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Malagasy ⓘ
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages → includesLanguage → Malagasy ⓘ
Antsirabe → languageUsed → Malagasy ⓘ
Shimaore → coexistsWithLanguage → Malagasy ⓘ
Rapetosaurus → etymologyLanguage → Malagasy ⓘ
Kreol Morisien → hasSubstrateLanguage → Malagasy ⓘ
Morisien → hasSubstrateLanguage → Malagasy ⓘ