| Name | Malagasy language |
| Ethnologue status | |
| Language family | Malayo-Polynesian languages |
| Office | |
| IETF | |
| Alphabet | Latin script |
| ISO 6391 | mg |
| ISO 6392 | mlg (B)$#$mlg (T) |
| ISO 6393 | mlg – inclusive code [ISO_639_macrolanguage]$#$Individual codes:$#$xmv –Antankarana$#$bhr –Bara$#$buc –Bushi$#$msh –Masikoro$#$bmm –Northern Betsimisaraka$#$plt –Plateau Malagasy$#$skg –Sakalava$#$bzc –Southern Betsimisaraka$#$tdx –Tandroy-Mafahaly$#$txy –Tanosy$#$tkg –Tesaka$#$xmw –Tsimihety |
| Speakers (people) | 22,000,000 (2006) |
| Manuscript | |
| Micronation | |
| Publisher | |
| Former country | |
| Is a dialect | Yes |