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Malagasy
Top: A Malagasy street vendor; Bottom: A traditional Malagasy Valiha orchestra
Total population
c. 26.8 million
Regions with significant populations
Madagascar, Comoros, Mayotte, Réunion, Mauritius, France, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa, Australia, Canada, New Zealand
Languages
Malagasy (L1) French (L2)
Religion
Christianity, Traditional Faiths, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Austronesian peoples
Bantu peoples
Ma'anyan
Banjar
Dusun
Paku
Lawangan
other Barito
Ambonese
Moluccans
Native Oceanians
Distribution of Malagasy ethnic groups.
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The Malagasy (French: Malgache) are a group of Austronesian-speaking ethnic groups indigenous to the island country of Madagascar. Traditionally, the population have been divided into ethnic groups. Examples include "Highlander" (ethnically mixed ancestry but more Austronesian and slightly less Bantu) groups such as the Merina and Betsileo of the central highlands around Antananarivo, Alaotra (Ambatondrazaka) and Fianarantsoa, and the "coastal dwellers" (predominantly Bantu with less Austronesian traits) such as the Sakalava, Bara, Vezo, Betsimisaraka, Mahafaly, etc.
The Merina are further divided into two subgroups. The “Merina A” are the Hova and Andriana, and have an average of 30–40% Bantu ancestry. The second subgroup is the “Merina B”, the Andevo, who have an average of 40–50% Bantu ancestry. The latter make up less than 1/3 of Merina society.[1] The Malagasy population was 2,242,000 in the first census in 1900. Their population had a massive growth in the next hundred years, especially under French Madagascar.
^"Genomic investigation of the ancestry proportion of six Malagasy ethnic groups". Researchgate.
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of the Malagasy province of Fianarantsoa, where their capital city of the same name can be found. Traditionally their territory and their people are divided...
are the largest ethnic group in Madagascar. They are the "highlander" Malagasy ethnic group of the African island and one of the country's eighteen official...
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across Malagasy ethnic groups suggests that the island's inhabitants descended from ancient Jews, and thus that the modern Malagasy and Jewish peoples share...
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being mainly Protestant.[citation needed] Indonesia portal Proto-Malay Malagasypeople "Kewarganegaraan, Suku Bangsa, Agama, Dan Bahasa Sehari-Hari Penduduk...
funerary tradition of the Malagasypeoples of Madagascar. During this ceremony, known as the turning of the bones, people bring forth the bodies of their...
after the Merina and make up approximately fifteen percent of the Malagasypeople. They occupy a large stretch of the eastern coastal region of Madagascar...
overwhelmingly. The Comoros were likely first settled by Austronesian/Malagasypeoples, Bantu speakers from East Africa, and seafaring Arab traders. It became...
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chosen by the Malagasy, Joseph Raseta and Joseph Ravoahangy, both campaigned to implement the ideal of the self-determination of peoples affirmed by the...
the island on 29 November 1776, and rescued eight stranded enslaved Malagasypeople who had been on the island for 15 years. Tromelin is situated in the...
one making lasting contributions to Malagasy cultural life. Consequently, there are 18 or more classified peoples of Madagascar, the most numerous being...
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Several species of Malagasy hippopotamus (also known as Malagasy pygmy hippopotamus or Madagascan pygmy hippopotamus) lived on the island of Madagascar...
not have been a prominent deity to any Malagasypeoples, though this creation myth is ubiquitous in Malagasy cultures.[citation needed] "Madagascar Creation...
The Malagasy Revolutionary Party, better known by its Malagasy acronym AREMA (from Antoko Revolisionera Malagasy), is a political party in Madagascar....
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