Used specifically for individuals from Madagascar or with ancestry from there.

Geographic Identity

Describes nationality, not race or ethnicity; Madagascar's population is ethnically diverse.

Not Racial Term

Refers to anything associated with Malagasy culture, not just language and people.

Cultural Reference

Is used when talking about elements from Madagascar, and not from other countries.

Country Specific

The language is unique to Madagascar and not widely spoken outside the island.

Unique Language

Learning Malagasy can be valuable for travel, work, or research related to Madagascar.

Language Learning

Studied for linguistic, historical, or cultural research, due to its Austronesian roots.

Academic Interest

 of bat very little is known about malagasy bats we found a particularly interesting one the endemic sucker funded bat it has these strange sucker like things on its wrists and ankles we want to know more about it so we started