Malagasy people

ethnic group of Madagascar
Intangible ethnic_group Q310983
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Malagasy people

Summary

Malagasy people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,109 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • French was Malagasy people's native language[3].
  • Malagasy was Malagasy people's native language[4].
  • Malagasy people's religion is recorded as traditional beliefs and rites of Madagascar[5].
  • Malagasy people is in the country of Madagascar[6].
  • Malagasy people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[7].
  • Malagasy people's instance of is recorded as human population[8].
  • Malagasy people's ancestral home is recorded as Madagascar[9].
  • Madagascar is named after Malagasy people[10].
  • The location of Malagasy people was Madagascar[11].
  • Malagasy people is a type of islanders[12].
  • Malagasy people is a type of African people[13].
  • Malagasy people is a type of East Africans[14].
  • Malagasy people is a type of Francophone[15].
  • Malagasy people is a type of inhabitant[16].
  • Malagasy people's Commons category is recorded as People of Madagascar[17].
  • Malagasy people's country of origin is recorded as Madagascar[18].
  • Malagasy people's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Malagasy people[19].
  • Malagasy people's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20].
  • Malagasy people's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[21].
  • Malagasy people's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as French[22].
  • Malagasy people's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Malagasy[23].
  • Malagasy people's indigenous to is recorded as Madagascar[24].
  • Malagasy people's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Washington[25].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include ethnic group[7] and human population[8]. Recorded subclass of include islanders[12], African people[13], East Africans[14], Francophone[15], and inhabitant[16].

Origins

Madagascar is named after Malagasy people[10].

Why It Matters

Malagasy people ranks in the top 4% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,109 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Works attributed to it include Ibonia[28], an epic poem[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed French, Malagasy
    Sociomap id SM251176
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 2168097
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