🇲🇬 Country
Madagascar
Madagascar is home to 20 languages, spoken across East Africa. Explore them on the map or in the full list below.
Capital
Antananarivo
Nationality
Malagasy
Currency
Malagasy Ariary (MGA)
Languages
20
Independence
Jun 26, 1960
20 active
0 endangered
0 extinct
Where the languages are spoken
Each bubble marks where a language is centred in Madagascar; its size reflects how many people speak it there. Click a bubble for the source.
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All languages in Madagascar
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Arabic
Antankarana
550K
Bara
1M
Morisyen
Malagasy
Merina
20M
Maore
Masikoro
900K
Malay
Mwali
Northern Betsimisaraka
2M
Ngazidja
Ndzwani
Swahili
Southern Betsimisaraka
3.3M
Sakalava
2.1M
Tanosy
900K
Tesaka
1.7M
Tandroy-Mahafaly
2M
Tsimihety
2M
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