Malagasy
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 British
missionaries attempted to codify this lyrical language, using the letters of the
English alphabet. The Malagasy alphabet is therefore quite similar to the
English alphabet. Malagasy is the only Polynesian-African culture in the world.
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