The Sihanaka are a Malagasy ethnic group concentrated around Lake Alaotra and the town of Ambatondrazaka in central northeastern Madagascar. Their name...
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Sakalava, Vezo Former Mahajanga Province; western coast Betsimisaraka, Sihanaka, Bezanozano Former Toamasina Province; eastern coast Merina Former Antananarivo...
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part of their own cultural identity. "Highlander" ethnic groups Merina Sihanaka Betsileo Zafimaniry Coastal ethnic groups Antaifasy or Antefasy Antaimoro...
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Austronesian → Malagasy Madagascar, Comoros, Mayotte, Réunion, Mauritius Merina, Sihanaka, Betsileo, Zafimaniry, Antaifasy, Antemoro, Antaisaka, Antambahoaka, Tandroy...
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Manobo, Tasaday, T'boli) Malagasy: Madagascar (e.g., Betsileo, Merina, Sihanaka, Bezanozano) Melanesians: Melanesia (e.g., Fijians, Kanak, Ni-Vanuatu,...
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all Imerina and then over the greater Highlands, absorbing the Betsileo, Sihanaka, Bezanozano and Bara territories. Having reigned for 23 years at the time...
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is classified as Plateau Malagasy alongside the Betsileo, Bezanozano, Sihanaka, Tanala, Vakinankaritra dialects. The Hova is one of two official languages...
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populations autres que les Merina. f. 1. Betsileo, Betsimisaraka, Antanosy, Sihanaka, Tsimihety, Bezanozano, Antanala, Antankarana, Bara, Mahafaly, Antandroy...
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Neo-Vezo clans, led to the creation of the Merina, Betsileo, Bezanozano, Sihanaka, Tsimihety and Bara kingdoms. The birth of these kingdoms/tribes essentially...
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Sihanaka woman in Antananariv, Madagascar playing a valiha, pre 1912 A.D....
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