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The Malagasy (French: Malgache or Malagasy: Gasy [1]) are a group of Austronesian-speaking ethnic groups indigenous to the island country of Madagascar, formed through generations of interaction between Austronesians originally from southern Borneo and Bantus from Southeast Africa. Traditionally, the population have been divided into sub-ethnic ...
Demographic features of the population of Madagascar include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Madagascar's population is predominantly of mixed Austronesian and East-African origin with small minorities of other people groups.
Classification: People: By nationality: Malagasy also: Countries : Madagascar : People This category is for Malagasy peoples , the people of Madagascar island, located off the coast of East Africa , in the Western Indian Ocean .
' people of the shore ') are an ethnic group of Madagascar living on the southeastern coast, mostly between Manakara and Farafangana. Numbering around 500,000, this ethnic group mostly traces its origins back to East African Bantu and Indonesian Austronesian speakers like most other Malagasy.
Malagasy people of West Asian descent (1 C) + ... Jews and Judaism in Madagascar (1 C) M. Mahafaly people (3 P) Merina people (25 P) S. Sakalava (5 P) T. Tsimihety ...
The Merina people (also known as the Imerina, Antimerina, Borizany or Ambaniandro [3]) formerly called Amboalambo are the largest ethnic group in Madagascar. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] They are the "highlander" Malagasy ethnic group of the African island and one of the country's eighteen official ethnic groups .
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Distribution of Malagasy ethnic groups: the Betsileo in pink at center. The Betsileo occupy the south of the Madagascar plateau.Their traditional territory extends from the north of the Mania River in the north to the foot of the Andringitra Massif in the south; to the west by the Bongolava chain and the east by the Eastern Forest, occupied by the Tanala tribe.