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Malagasy

Malagasy comes from Malagasy malagasy ‘The Malagasy language’.

  1. Malagasymodernmalagasy‘The Malagasy language’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020Malagasy

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Malagasymodernmalagasy‘The Malagasy language’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020Malagasy

Earliest quotation: 2020, Cyrus Multhauf, How a Malagasy Teenager Created the World’s Second-Largest D: “On the other hand, I had the French and…”

Today it means

noun A person from Madagascar or of Malagasy descent.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Malagasy malagasy / Malagasy