Austronesian · ISO 639-3 skg
Sakalava Malagasy Language Sakalava
Sakalava Malagasy is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1.2 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Sakalava Malagasy is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Sakalava Malagasy
Language family
- Austronesian
- Malayo-Polynesian
- Basap-Greater Barito
- Greater Barito linkage
- Southeast Barito
- Malagasic
- Southwestern Malagasic
- South West-Central Malagasic
- Nuclear South West-Central Malagasic
- Inland-Western Malagasic
- Western Malagasic
- Sakalava Malagasy
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Sakalava Malagasy language
Sakalava Malagasy (Sakalava) is spoken by about 1.2 million people, which makes it the 413th most spoken language in the world — just behind Marma (1.2 million) and ahead of Anyin (1.2 million). It belongs to the Austronesian language family and, more precisely, to the Western Malagasic group within the Basap-Greater Barito branch.
Where is Sakalava Malagasy spoken?
Sakalava Malagasy is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Madagascar (1.2 million).
Sakalava Malagasy is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Sakalava 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 Tesaka Malagasy, Antankarana Malagasy, Southern Betsimisaraka Malagasy, Tsimihety Malagasy, Northern Betsimisaraka Malagasy and Malagasy.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 skg.
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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.