Talk:Malagasy language
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Hmm...not nearly as much information as I was hoping for. Surely the English speaking world knows more about the Malagasy language than this? More on phonology, grammar, anything! Is Malagasy isolating or agglutinative? Ergative or nominative-accustaive? How do nouns and verbs inflect, if at all? Genders? And so many other basic questions...--C.M.67.170.176.203 16:14, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
There are several issues with this page:
1) Madagascar is home to around 17 million people, most of whom speak Malagasy, not 6 million as stated in the article. 2) I have heard of between 18-21 tribes in Madagascar, not 36 as stated in the article. I say 18-21 instead of one number because it is not generally agreed upon. --Brownlemur 20:28, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Malagasy literature?
Some open questions:
- When did Malagasy evolve as a written language?
- Have other alphabet than the latin alphabet been used?
- What was the written language used by the Merina monarchy? (Or were these people illiterate?)
- I think the snotty french people who inhabit this island created all these questions. Shave your arm pits —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.15.246.233 (talk) 11:29, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
-- Petri Krohn 14:46, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Malagasy Scouting
Can someone render "Be Prepared", the Scout Motto, into Malagasy? Thanks! Chris 03:27, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
