Langenesis

Austronesian family

Malagasy

c. 700 CE – today Living

Malagasy (c. 700 CE – today) is a living Austronesian language. Lineage: Proto-Austronesian → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian → Proto-Barito → Malagasy.

See Malagasy on the interactive map
Speakers
25M (25,000,000)
ISO 639-3
mlg

Southeast Barito language carried from Borneo to Madagascar around the 5th–7th centuries CE, closest to Ma'anyan, with Malay, Javanese and Bantu loans.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Austronesianc. 3,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Malayo-Polynesianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  3. Proto-Baritoc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
  4. Malagasyc. 700 CE – today

Sources