The word "Malagasy" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the language spoken in Madagascar or regarding anything of, from, or related to Madagascar. Example: "Her Malagasy cooking is unique and delicious!".
Malagasy peasants told them they wanted two things: property rights and credit.The land-tenure system in Madagascar, as in most poor countries, is a mess.
Hundreds of demonstrators again took to the streets in protest against what the mayor claims to be an "invalid" decision.Ironically, the last time Madagascar saw protests like this was when Mr Ravalomanana, then (like Mr Rajoelina) the capital's mayor, called on the Malagasy people to back "democracy", after a disputed presidential election.
Another factor is the dwindling adherence to fady, a Malagasy tradition of taboos which proscribe harming tortoises, explains Andrew Terry, of Durrell.Concerned about the uptick in seizures of tortoises Durrell, the Turtle Conservancy, the World Wildlife Fund and other NGOs active on the island asked the Malagasy government to ramp up enforcement of existing protections.
In any case if it had, it is likely that a successful colonisation by one group would have been followed by others, as happened when Europeans discovered the Americas.Most likely, then, the first Malagasy were accidental castaways, news of whose adventure never made it back home.
In 2008, seven in ten Malagasy lived on less than $2 a day.
The Malagasy government has drawn up a sensible-sounding list of ways to improve both the supply of credit and the quality of demand for it.
One of the main opposition groups has dismissed the appointment as a "farce".Speaking on behalf of two former Malagasy presidents, Marc Ravalomanana, the ousted president, now living in South Africa, said SADC's mediation efforts had clearly failed.
He says that the four principals at the talks—himself, Mr Rajoelina and two former Malagasy presidents—had agreed that none of the coup-plotters would stay in power.
Against that, there is still widespread support for the former head of state among the urban middle class, which was one of the first sections of Malagasy society to benefit from Mr Ravalomanana's effective economic management, liberal fiscal policies and success in attracting foreign investors.
Though Dr Cox is unable, with the method he used, to work out how many men were in the original party, the number of women was 30.He drew this conclusion, just published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, by sampling the DNA of 266 Malagasy people and comparing it with existing samples from 2,745 Indonesians.
According to the Turtle Conservancy and Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, another campaigning outfit, the recent surge in the Malagasy tortoise trade stems from poachers' increased connectivity: mobile phones and the internet put dealers in touch with people residing in the ploughshares' remote habitat.
