Language code: mg

Technical information about ISO 639 language code mg

Technical information about mg language code (Malagasy) is available below.

ISO code

mg

Language

Official

Malagasy

Native

Fiteny malagasy

Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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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.

Language presence globally

Speakers

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Malagasy speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

mg-MG Malagasy (Madagascar)

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