Malagasy (Fiteny malagasy)

Malagasy (mg, mlg) is a world language. Wikidata records about 18M speakers. It is written in Latin script and Sorabe alphabet. It is an official language in 1 country, including Madagascar.

Translation guides

• English → Malagasy translation
• Malagasy → English translation

Where Malagasy is official

• Madagascar

Rates for Malagasy translation

Malagasy falls in our african languages band: roughly $0.08–$0.20 per word for general commercial work. These are indicative ranges, not quotes — specialised, certified and rush work costs more, and literary translation is usually priced per 1,000 words.

For context, the median salaried translator or interpreter in the US earned $60,170 in May 2025 (BLS). See salaries by state →