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Name:
Malagasy
Alternate Names:
Plateau Malagasy; Malagasi
Spoken in:
Comoros, Réunion, Madagascar
Number of speakers:
7,520,000 in Madagascar (2006 SIL). Population total all countries: 7,528,900
(Ethnologue)
Code:
plt
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Austronesian
Parent Subgroup:
Malagasy (malg)
Child Dialects:
Sihanaka (plt-sih)
Betsileo (plt-bet)
Tanala (plt-tan)
Bezanozano (plt-bez)
Merina (plt-mer)
Map of Malagasy
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