Includes official and accepted business languages spoken in this country/economy.
Last Published: 2/28/2017
Malagasy is the official language, along with French.  English is not widely spoken.  French is the common language of private and public business whereas Malagasy language is the mostly used for advertisement.  In rural and remote areas, one may not expect either ordinary or local officials speaking French.

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