Austronesian · ISO 639-3 xmv
Antankarana Malagasy Language
Antankarana Malagasy is an Austronesian language spoken by about 25 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Antankarana Malagasy is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Antankarana Malagasy
Language family
- Austronesian
- Malayo-Polynesian
- Basap-Greater Barito
- Greater Barito linkage
- Southeast Barito
- Malagasic
- North-Central Malagasic
- Northern Malagasic
- Antankarana Malagasy
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Antankarana Malagasy language
Antankarana Malagasy is spoken by about 25 million people, which makes it the 62nd most spoken language in the world — just behind Awadhi (25 million) and ahead of Romanian (24 million). It belongs to the Austronesian language family and, more precisely, to the Northern Malagasic group within the Basap-Greater Barito branch.
Where is Antankarana Malagasy spoken?
Antankarana Malagasy is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Madagascar (25 million). More than half of the population speaks it in Madagascar — the places where travellers will hear it everywhere.
Antankarana Malagasy is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Antankarana Malagasy is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Tsimihety Malagasy, Northern Betsimisaraka Malagasy, Southern Betsimisaraka Malagasy, Sakalava Malagasy, Tesaka Malagasy and Malagasy.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 xmv.
Frequently asked questions about Antankarana Malagasy
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.