Malagasy, Tanosy
A language of Madagascar
| Population | 510,000 (2006 SIL). |
| Region | Southeast coast; south of Onilahy River, south of Ibara and north of Androy, Mahafaly area and northeast. |
| Language map |
Comoros, Madagascar and Mayotte, reference number 14 |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 75% with the Merina dialect of Plateau Malagasy [plt]. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Barito, East, Malagasy A member of macrolanguage Malagasy [mlg] (Madagascar). |
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