Sihanaka

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Distribution of Malagasy ethnic groups.

The Sihanaka are an ethnic group in Madagascar concentrated around Lake Alaotra and the town of Ambatondrazaka. Their name means the "people of the swamps" in reference to the marshlands around Lake Alaotra that they inhabit.^[1] The Sihanaka speak a dialect of the Malagasy language, which is a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language group derived from the Barito languages, spoken in southern Borneo.

Notes

↑ Bradt, Hilary; Austin, Daniel (2007). Madagascar (9th ed.). Guilford, CT: The Globe Pequot Press Inc. pp. 113–115. ISBN 1-84162-197-8.

v t e Ethnic groups of Madagascar

Antaifasy Antaimoro Antaisaka Antambahoaka Antandroy Antankarana Antanosy Bara Betsileo Betsimisaraka Bezanozano Karana (Indo-Pakistanis) Mahafaly Makoa Merina Mikea Sakalava Sihanaka Sinoa (Chinese) Tanala Tsimihety Vazaha (French, European) Vazimba Vezo Zafimaniry Zafisoro

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