ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

Africa · ISO 639-3 msh · Glottocode masi1268

Masikoro Malagasy

The portrait places Masikoro Malagasy in Africa on a source-bound basis and describes the entry as a language of the Austronesian family, not endangered, with Latin as its likely script.

Language family
Austronesian
Likely script
Latin (Latn)
Source status
not endangered
Macroarea
Africa
Source country codes
MG
Reference point
-22.558, 43.816

Open research question

Which community-authorised sources document current transmission, self-designations, varieties, and language maintenance for Masikoro Malagasy?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.