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	Malagasy language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Malagasy (in French also: Malgache) is the westernmost member of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family, spoken on Madagascar, where it is an official language.
		The Malagasy language is related to the Malayo-Polynesian languages of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
		Malagasy shares 90% of its basic vocabulary with Maanyan, a language from the region of the Barito River in southern Borneo.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3DMalagasy%26type%3Den (559 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Malagasy language
		Malagasy is unrelated to nearby African languages, being instead the westernmost member of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family, a fact noted as long ago as the eighteenth century.
		The Malagasy language also includes borrowings from Bantu languages, Swahili and Arabic, as well as from French (the former colonial rulers of Madagascar) and English (spoken by 18th century pirates who made the island their base).
		Malagasy has been written using the Latin alphabet since 1823, before which the Arabic Ajami script or Sorabe as it is known in Madagascar was used for astrological and magical texts.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Malagasy_language (767 words)

	Malagasy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Malagasy, like the people who use it, is a living synthesis of Indonesian, African, and Arabic elements.
		It is one of the two official languages of this island nation of 15,000,000.
		The Malagasy alphabet is therefore quite similar to the English alphabet.
	www.flw.com /languages/malagasy.htm (67 words)

	Malagasy Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Spoken by around 18 million Malagasy people (Malagasy is both the name of the language and the inhabitants of Madagascar), Malagasy has its origins in Indonesia and "most closely resembles Ma'anyan, a Malayo-Polynesian tongue spoken today in the Barito Valley of southern Borneo" (Tyson 2000).
		Malagasy is spoken throughout the country -- something which comes as somewhat of a mystery given the size and ethnic diversity of the island.
		Malagasy lacks C, Q, U, W, and X. Thus "Madagacar" is not a Malagasy word -- as Peter Tyson points out -- since Malagasy lacks "c" and all words end in a vowel.
	madagascar.mongabay.net /malagasy.html (462 words)

	Malagasy language, alphabet and pronunciation
		Malagasy is a member of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language spoken by about 17 million in Madagascar, where it is the national and official language, Comoros, Réunion and Mayotte.
		It is related to the Malayo-Polynesian languages of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, and more closely to the South-east Barito group of languages spoken in Borneo, particularly to Maanyan.
		Malagasy contains words borrowed from Bantu languages, and Arabic, and also from French, the former colonial language which still enjoys official status, and English, thanks mainly to the 18th century pirates who made the island their base.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/malagasy (211 words)

	Malagasy
		Languages of the World is brought to you by the National Virtual Translation Center.
		The closest language outside of Madagascar is Ma'anyan in south Borneo.
		Malagasy is one of the official languages of Madagascar which became the Malagasy Republic in 1960.
	www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/june/Malagasy.html (669 words)

	REFERENCES ON MALAGASY LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
		Dahle, L. "Studies in the Malagasy language on the 'inflection' of the verb in Malagasy" in Antananarivo Annual.
		Dahle, L. "Studies in the Malagasy language: the compound verbal prefixes, the genitive case of nouns, the preposition 'amy'" in Antananarivo Annual.
		Raoniarisoa, N.H. Accent and intonation in a Malagasy dialect.
	www.ratsimandresy.org /book_ls.html (4442 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Malagasy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Malagasy The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology...
		Malagasy President Marc Ravalomanana stand next to his newly...
		Incumbent Malagasy president Marc Ravalomanana cast his ballot...
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Malagasy (513 words)

	John Hawks Anthropology Weblog : Malagasy origins
		A recent study of Malagasy Y chromosomes and mtDNA is by now old news, but it is a nice example of admixture analysis using haplotypes.
		Despite these differences, the Malagasy language is spoken throughout the country, something which is a bit surprising given the size and ethnic diversity of the island.
		Although the time since admixture in the Malagasy is comparatively long, the high degree of differentiation between the two ancestral populations and the even balance of their contributions suggest that excess LD might still exist.
	johnhawks.net /weblog/reviews/genetics/other_pops/malagasy_origins_2005.html (1040 words)

	Madagascar Language - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		Both Malagasy and Maanyan bear a close affinity with the languages of the western Indonesian archipelago, such as Malay, Javanese, Balinese, and the Minangkabau language of Sumatra.
		The origins of the Malagasy language in southeast Asia are clearly demonstrated by common words and meanings shared with several of the Indonesian languages.
		The colonial period witnessed the emergence of French as the dominant language of the island, and Malagasy was relegated to an inferior position, particularly in official and academic circles.
	www.photius.com /countries/madagascar/society/madagascar_society_language.html (559 words)

	Language and Culture
		It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving problems of communication or reflection.
		This data could be used to defend a weak version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, since the structural features of the language lend themselves very nicely to the cultural characteristics of the village that emphasize the importance of the group and deemphasize the salience of the individual.
		The difference from the Malagasy structure is that the active voice with instrumental subject may only be used to conceal the truth in English.
	www.ac.wwu.edu /~sngynan/slx9.html (1736 words)

	Learn Malagasy Online - Write or Speak in Malagasy Language Exchange
		A language exchange complements other forms of learning such as classroom, cultural immersion and multimedia, because you get to practice all that you have learned with native speakers in a safe and supportive environment.
		Language exchange learning is also inexpensive because we provide free tips and conversation lesson plans that allow you to do a language exchange on your own.
		I'm malagasy, I live in France and I would like to ameliore my English because my level is easy and I need to have a good level for my job.
	www.mylanguageexchange.com /Learn/Malagasy.asp (1097 words)

	Dr. Ileana Paul, Canada Research Chair in Linguistics, University of Western Ontario, Department of French, Faculty of ...
		Malagasy is the language spoken in Madagascar by about 15 million people.
		Malagasy belongs to the Austronesian language family, which is a very large family that also includes: Hawaiian, Indonesian, and Maori (the language of New Zealand).
		The verb-object-subject (VOS) word order of Malagasy is unusual from a typological perspective as it is only found in approximately 5% of the world's languages.
	publish.uwo.ca /~ileana/research/Malagasy.htm (158 words)

	Rock Paper Scissors - Jaojoby, Malagasy (World Village) - Chillin' in Madagascar with Jaojoby
		The first language is Malagasy, the second language is French.
		Malagasy people dream of coming to America like you and I might dream of becoming the next American idol or rock star.
		The traditional sounds of Malagasy villages were soon being tweaked and recorded on 45-vinyls.
	www.rockpaperscissors.biz /index.cfm/fuseaction/current.articles_detail/project_id/173/article_id/2582.cfm (1706 words)

	Terralingua -- Discussion Paper #11
		It should be mentioned that "Malagasy", which happens to be the unique indigenous language of Madagascar, is basically the Merina language, characterized by its close affinities to all the Malayo-Indonesian languages.
		Eventually, the language and most of the cultural legacy of the Merina people were termed "Malagasy" to integrate a national dimension.
		A century earlier, the French already banned the use of the "Malagasy" language in public affairs and in education, not only to facilitate their policy of cultural assimilation in their colonies, but also to disenfranchise the Merina of their cultural ground.
	www.terralingua.org /DiscPapers/DiscPaper11.html (1196 words)

	Studies prove people of Madagascar came from Borneo and Africa
		The set of non-African Y chromosomes found in the Malagasy was much more similar to the set of lineages found in Borneo than in any other population, which demonstrates striking agreement between the genetic and linguistic evidence.
		The language of Madagascar, called Malagasy, can be traced back to Indonesia where it most closely resembles the modern Malayo-Polynesian language of Ma'anyan, which is spoken by people in the Barito Valley of southern Borneo.
		The researchers found that as a whole, Malagasy people (both the name of the language and the people of Madagascar) are a roughly 50:50 mix of two ancestral groups: Indonesians and East Africans.
	news.mongabay.com /2005/0708-wildmadagascar.html (1549 words)

	Madagascar: People
		Malagasy people are mostly of mixed Asian and African origins.
		The Malagasy language is generally spoken throughout the island.
		French is also a language spoken on the island because for a time it was a French colony.
	www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/afrimadagaspeople.htm (238 words)

	Madagascar: background
		Subsequently the indigenous language was preferred, and the inscription became (depending on politics) Repoblika Malagasy or Repoblika Demokratika Malagasy (the word "democratic" as usual indicating a completely undemocratic regime).
		There is a language atlas that gives the place of origin of the Malagasy language as being in southern Borneo/Kalimantan, rather than on the Malay peninsula or on Java or Sumatra (the main Malay islands of Indonesia).
		Since the language of administration is French and the language of Muslim religion is Arabic, the Bibles brought in by Christian missionaries are the only available texts in the language of the inhabitants.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/mg-bg.html (826 words)

	Malagasy - Fine Natural Produce From Madagascar
		Discover the possibilities of cooking with “the language of flavour”.
		Malagasy Ltd is the world's first Equitradeþ company.
		That means that Malagasy Ltd will not sell cash crops from Madagascar at pence per kilogram, so that other companies can sell them at pounds per kilogram, in international markets.
	www.malagasy.co.uk /recipes.php (140 words)

	Malagasy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Malagasy Clause Structure - Research showing how Kayne's 1981 notion of binary branching supplimented with the process of incorporation makes acquisition of complex structures in languages like Malagasy more transparent.
		Malagasy Language - A brief description of the Malagasy language.
		The Malayo-Polynesian Origins of Malagasy - Paper summarizing the current evidence supporting a Malayo-Polynesian origin for Malagasy with focus on previous literature, lack of use of tones in Malagasy, vocabulary, root words, functional categories and use of the passive voice.
	www.alguer.it /directory/index.php?browse=/Science/Social_Sciences/Linguistics/Languages/Natural/Austronesian/Malayo-Polynesian/Western/Malagasy (221 words)

	Malagasy language resources
		Malagasy is spoken on a daily basis in: Madagascar
		The Malagasy language shares some 90% of its basic vocabulary with the Maanyan language from the region of the Barito River in southern Borneo.
		Present a Malagasy Dinner It might be more authentic to serve this menu on mats placed on the floor, but in the cities of Malagasy dinner would be served at a table.
	www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/languages/languages/Malagasy.html (1078 words)

	Glossika Store - Malagasy-English/English-Malagasy: Dictionary and Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebook) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		There are difficulties with the language in that it is more of a spoken language rather than written.
		It is also difficult if not impossible to learn the sounds of the Malagasy language as the Malagasy elide (omit) many syllables in their speech, therefore making it necessary to actually hear the Malagasy speak.
		Also, there are some words which are not able to be translated from Malagasy but are important in their sentence structure and are not explained in the book.
	astore.amazon.com /glossika03-20/detail/078180843X (257 words)

	Malagasy Translation Service - English to Malagasy Translation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		You probably don't speak Malagasy yourself, so there are a few questions you'll need to consider when choosing a translation company.
		Language is a living thing it develops and changes constantly.
		Professional translators whose native language is English and speak fluent Malagasy perform our Malagasy to English translation.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /languages/malagasy_translation.shtml (436 words)

	geounit4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The colorful language, Malagasy, like the people who use it, is a mix between African languages such as Kiswahili and Indonesian languages such as Polynesian.
		Remind the students that we have been learning about the country of Madagascar, and that the Malagasy language is what most of the people from Madagascar speak.
		Point out that the alphabet is the same as the English language alphabet, with the exception of the Malagasy alphabet missing the letters C, Q, U, W, and X. Tell the students that the letter A is always short (as in watch).
	www.valdosta.edu /~emcason/geounit4.html (490 words)

	Malayo-Polynesian languages — FactMonster.com
		Today four Malayo-Polynesian languages have official status in four important states: Malagasy, in Madagascar; Malay, in Malaysia; Indonesian (also called Bahasa Indonesia, and based on Malay), in Indonesia; and Pilipino (based on Tagalog), in the Philippines.
		These languages have come to be widely understood in their respective countries, although not always as a first language.
		Melanesian languages are found on the islands of Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, the Bismarck Archipelago, and New Guinea.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/society/A0831333.html (367 words)

	Learn Malagasy - Language Resource Online
		Some of the courses use Malagasy speech recognition technology to compare your pronunciation of Malagasy words to pre-recorded native Malagasy speakers.
		If you have limited time to learn Malagasy, audio courses are a versatile method of learning Malagasy while you drive or when you have the time, but not access to a computer.
		Even if you have some Malagasy language skills already, having a phrasebook handy can help you with some quick Malagasy translation for ordering food, arranging transportation and getting directions.
	www.languageresourceonline.com /languages/learn-malagasy.html (354 words)

	Malagasy Localization Services in India,Malagasy Translation Services,Malagasy Translation Localization ...
		Malagasy, also known as Malgache, is the language of Madagascar.
		Malagasy is used by more than 13 million speakers.
		Malagazy belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian languages and is related to languages used in Southeast Asia.
	crystalhues.com /languages/malagasy-translation.htm (194 words)

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