Austronesian · ISO 639-3 tkg
Tesaka Malagasy Language
Tesaka Malagasy is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1.1 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Tesaka Malagasy is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Tesaka Malagasy
Language family
- Austronesian
- Malayo-Polynesian
- Basap-Greater Barito
- Greater Barito linkage
- Southeast Barito
- Malagasic
- Southwestern Malagasic
- South West-Central Malagasic
- Tesaka Malagasy
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Tesaka Malagasy language
Tesaka Malagasy is spoken by about 1.1 million people, which makes it the 453rd most spoken language in the world — just behind Tigre (1.1 million) and ahead of Urhobo (1.1 million). It belongs to the Austronesian language family and, more precisely, to the South West-Central Malagasic group within the Basap-Greater Barito branch.
Where is Tesaka Malagasy spoken?
Tesaka Malagasy is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Madagascar (1.1 million).
Tesaka Malagasy is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Tesaka 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 Sakalava Malagasy, Antankarana Malagasy, Southern Betsimisaraka Malagasy, Tsimihety Malagasy, Northern Betsimisaraka Malagasy and Malagasy.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 tkg.
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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.