mg
Technical information about ISO 639 language code mg
The table below provides technical details for the Malagasy language, designated by the mg
code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
Malagasy belongs to the Austronesian language family, specifically to the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup. It is one of the official languages of Madagascar. It is written using the Latin script (Malagasy alphabet). It is estimated that there are more than 18 million speakers worldwide.
Speakers
18M
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Malagasy speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
mg-MG
– Malagasy (Madagascar)
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