Malagasy
Malagasy is the westernmost member of the Austronesian language family, spoken on Madagascar where it is an official language. It has the highly unusual Verb Object Subject typology.
The orthography is comparable to English. 'i' is always pronounced 'ee', and it is written as 'y' at the end of a word. 'o' is pronounced 'oo'. Words are accented on the penult, unless the word ends in "ka", "tra", or "na", in which case it is accented on the antepenult. Unstressed vowels are often elided; thus fanorona is pronounced "fanoorn" and Malagasy sounds like its French transliteration "Malgache".
External Link: Ethnologue report for Malagasy
Referenced By
Aepyornis | African Languages | African language | Andy Razaf | Austronesian | Austronesian language | Austronesian languages | Comorian music | Demographics of Madagascar | Demographics of Reunion | Demographics of Réunion | Elephant bird | History of Madagascar | ISO639 | ISO 639 | ISO 639-1 | ISO 639-2 | ISO language code | Indri | Language code | Language codes | Madagascar/History | Madagascar/People | Malayo-Polynesian | Malayo-Polynesian family | Malayo-Polynesian languages | Malayo Polynesian | Music of Comoros | Reunion/People | Scandium | Verb Object Subject
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