Languages of the country

Madagascar

Official languages (2): Malagasy, French. Population (CLDR): 29 million.

Map of regions

We have not described regional languages for this country yet – the map shows the whole country in the colour of its main language.

Languages and their status

Share: the estimated part of the population that uses the language (also as a second language), according to CLDR.

LanguageStatusShare
Malagasy Co-official 90%
French français Co-official 27%
English

It was an official language in 2007–2010.

Widely used 18%

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