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Query: The settlement of Madagascar: what dialects and languages can tell   The dialects of Madagascar belong to the Greater Barito East group of the
Austronesian family and it is widely accepted that the Island was colonized by
Indonesian sailors after a maritime trek which probably took place around 650
CE. The language most closely related to Malagasy dialects is Maanyan but also
Malay is strongly related especially for what concerns navigation terms. Since
the Maanyan Dayaks live along the Barito river in Kalimantan (Borneo) and they
do not possess the necessary skill for long maritime navigation, probably they
were brought as subordinates by Malay sailors.
  In a recent paper we compared 23 different Malagasy dialects in order to
determine the time and the landing area of the first colonization. In this
research we use new data and new methods to confirm that the landing took place
on the south-east coast of the Island. Furthermore, we are able to state here
that it is unlikely that there were multiple settlements and, therefore,
colonization consisted in a single founding event.
  To reach our goal we find out the internal kinship relations among all the 23
Malagasy dialects and we also find out the different kinship degrees of the 23
dialects versus Malay and Maanyan. The method used is an automated version of
the lexicostatistic approach. The data concerning Madagascar were collected by
the author at the beginning of 2010 and consist of Swadesh lists of 200 items
for 23 dialects covering all areas of the Island. The lists for Maanyan and
Malay were obtained from published datasets integrated by author's interviews.

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