mlg | ISO 639-3 Skip to main content Toggle navigation Contact Us Search Search Home About ISO 639-3 FAQs Relationship between ISO 639-3 and the other sets of ISO 639 Scope of Denotation Types of Languages Code Tables Language Codes Macrolanguage Mappings Deprecated Codes Download Tables Code Changes Introduction to Code Changes Change Management Notification of Changes Submitting Change Requests Change Request Index Archive of Notifications ISO 639-3 Code Tables Change Requests 639 Identifier Documentation: mlg << Back to Code Tables Malagasy [mlg] Identifier Language Name(s) Status Code Sets Equivalent(s) Scope Language Type Denotations mlg Malagasy Active 639-2, 639-3 639-1: mg Macrolanguage Living Ethnologue, Glottolog, Wikipedia Malagasy is a macrolanguage. Macrolanguage Individual Languages Identifier Reference Name mlg Malagasy Identifier Reference Name Status bhr Bara Malagasy Active bjq Southern Betsimisaraka Malagasy Deprecated bmm Northern Betsimisaraka Malagasy Active bzc Southern Betsimisaraka Malagasy Active msh Masikoro Malagasy Active plt Plateau Malagasy Active skg Sakalava Malagasy Active tdx Tandroy-Mahafaly Malagasy Active tkg Tesaka Malagasy Active txy Tanosy Malagasy Active xmv Antankarana Malagasy Active xmw Tsimihety Malagasy Active Code Change History Change Request Number Status Effective Date Change Type Change Attribute New Value 2011-052 Adopted 2012-02-03 Update Membership Add Tesaka Malagasy [tkg] and the new code for Southern Betsimisaraka Malagasy [bzc]. Remove the old code for Southern Betsimisaraka Malagasy [bjq]. About ISO 639-3 About ISO 639-3 FAQ Relationship to other parts of ISO 639 Scope of Denotation Types of Languages Code Tables Macrolanguage Mappings Download Tables Code Changes Introduction to Code Changes Change Management Notification of Changes Submitting Change Requests Archive of Notifications Archive of Notifications Contact Us Contact Us Copyright © 2026 SIL Global Terms of Use Privacy Policy External Links Disclaimer