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Language code: mlg

Technical information about ISO 639 language code mlg

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The table below provides technical details for the Malagasy language, designated by the mlg code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

mlg

Name

Official

Malagasy

Native

Fiteny malagasy

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Merina (Plateau)BetsimisarakaSakalavaBetsileoAntankaranaBaraAntaisakaTanalaAntandroyTanosyMasikoroTsimihety
Related languages
Ma'anyanDusun WituPakuBanjar Malay
Key facts
Only Austronesian language spoken on the African continentVocabulary shows significant Bantu, Arabic and French borrowingUses a 21-letter Latin alphabet with no diacriticsCanonical word order is Verb–Object–SubjectEarliest texts are Sorabe manuscripts written in Arabic script between the 15th and 17th centuries
Sample phrase

Salama, manao ahoana ianao?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Malagasy language, identified by the code mlg, falls under the 'Macrolanguage' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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