Malagasy

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌmæləˈɡæsi/

Noun

Malagasy (plural Malagasy or Malagasies)

1. A person from Madagascar or of Malagasy descent.

Translations

Person

Chinese: Mandarin: 馬拉加斯人 (zh), 马拉加斯人 (zh) (Mǎlājiāsīrén) French: Malgache (fr) m. and f. German: Madagasse (de) m., Madagassin (de) f. Malagasy: malagasy (mg), gasy (mg)

Portuguese: malgaix (pt) Russian: малагасиец (ru) (malagasíjec) m., малагасийка (ru) (malagasíjka) f. Spanish: malgache (es) Swahili: Mbukini (sw)

Proper noun

Malagasy

1. A language spoken in Madagascar.

Translations

Language

Armenian: մալգաշերեն (hy) (malgašeren) Chinese: Mandarin: 馬拉加斯語 (zh), 马拉加斯语 (zh) (Mǎlājiāsī yǔ) Czech: malgaština (cs) f. Dutch: Malgasy (nl) French: malgache (fr) m. German: Madagassisch (de) n., madagassische Sprache (de) f.

Italian: malgascio (it) m. Japanese: マダガスカル語 (ja) (Madagasukaru-go), マラガシ語 (ja) (Maragashi-go) Malagasy: fiteny malagasy (mg), malagasy (mg) Navajo: Malagasii Dineʼé bizaad Russian: малагасийский (ru) (malagasíjskij) m., (archaic) мальгашский (ru) (mal'gášskij) m. Swahili: Kibukini (sw)

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Gujarati: માલાગાસી f. (1) m. and f. (2) Hindi: मालागासी f. (1) m. and f. (2)

See also

• Appendix:Malagasy Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Malagasy

External links

• Malagasy - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.
• ISO 639-1 code mg, ISO 639-3 code mlg (SIL). It's a family or related languages. The individual ones are:

Ethnologue entry for Antankarana Malagasy, xmv Ethnologue entry for Bara Malagasy, bhr Ethnologue entry for Masikoro Malagasy, msh Ethnologue entry for Northern Betsimisaraka Malagasy, bmm Ethnologue entry for Plateau Malagasy, plt

Ethnologue entry for Sakalava Malagasy, skg Ethnologue entry for Tandroy-Mahafaly Malagasy, tdx Ethnologue entry for Tanosy Malagasy, txy Ethnologue entry for Tsimihety Malagasy, xmw

Adjective

Malagasy (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Madagascar, the Malagasy people or the Malagasy language.

Translations

pertaining to Madagascar

Bengali: মালাগাসি, Mālāgāsi Chinese: Mandarin: 馬拉加斯的 (zh), 马拉加斯的 (zh) (Mǎlājiāsī de) French: malgache (fr) German: madagassisch (de)

Gujarati: માલાગાસી (gu) (mālāgāsī) Hindi: मालागासी (hi) (mālāgāsī) Russian: малагасийский (ru) (malagasíjskij) Spanish: malgache (es)