The Sakalava are an ethnic group of Madagascar numbering approximately 700,000 in population. Their name means "people of the long valleys. " They occupy the Western edge of the island from Toliara in the south to Sambirano in the north. The Sakalava denominate a number of smaller ethnic groups that once comprised an ancient empire, rather than an ethnic group in its own right.

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  • Die Sakalava sind eine auf Madagaskar ansässige Volksgruppe . Die Sakalava machen heute ca. 6 % der madagassischen Bevölkerung aus, besiedeln jedoch an der Westküste ein Viertel der Fläche der Insel.
  • Los sakalava o sakalave son un pueblo establecido en la costa occidental de Madagascar (576.000 en 1989), que hablan una lengua malayopolinésica.
  • The Sakalava are an ethnic group of Madagascar numbering approximately 700,000 in population. Their name means "people of the long valleys. " They occupy the Western edge of the island from Toliara in the south to Sambirano in the north. The Sakalava denominate a number of smaller ethnic groups that once comprised an ancient empire, rather than an ethnic group in its own right. The Sakalava speak several dialects of the Malagasy language, which is a branch of the Malayo-polynesian language group derived from the Barito languages, spoken in southern Borneo. During the Middle Ages, when the chiefs of the different settlements on the island began to extend their power through trade with Madagascar's Indian Ocean neighbors, the Sakalava chiefdoms of the Menabe, centered in what is now the town of Morondava, were principal among them. The influence of the Sakalava extended across what is now the provinces of Antsiranana, Mahajanga and Toliara. But with the domination of the Indian Ocean by the British fleet and the end of the Arab slave trade, the Sakalava would lose their power to the emerging Merina threat. According to local tradition, the founders of the Sakalava kingdom were Maroseraña (or Maroseranana, "those who owned many ports") princes, from the Fiherenana. They may also be descended from the Zafiraminia (sons of Ramini) clans from the southwestern part of the island, possibly from Arab origin. They were in contact with European slave-traders, from whom they obtained weapons, mostly in exchange for slaves; they quickly submitted the neighbouring princes, starting with the southern ones, in the Mahafaly area. The true founder of Sakalava dominance was Andriamisara; his son Andriandahifotsy ("the White Prince") then extended his authority northwards, past the Mangoky River. His two sons, Andriamanetiarivo and Andriamandisoarivo, extended gains further up to the Tsongay region. At about that time, the empire's unity starts to split, resulting in a southern kingdom (Menabe) and a northern kingdom (Boina). Further splits resulted, despite continued extension of the Boina princes' reach into the extreme north, in Antankarana country. The historical formation process of the Sakalava kingdom explains the great diversity among its constituents, who continue to perpetuate distinctive regional customs, both culturally and linguistically. About the latter, the only real unifying factor of the different Sakalava dialects is their common membership to the western subgroup of Madagascar languages, which distinguishes them from central and East coast languages. The origin of the word Sakalava itself is still subject to controversy, as well as its actual meaning. The most common explanation is the modern Malagasy translation of Sakalava meaning long ravines, denoting the relatively flat nature of the land in western Madagascar. Another theory is that the word is possibly from the Arabic saqaliba, which is in turn derived from Latin esclavus, meaning slave. The Merina oral histories mention several attacks by Sakalava raiders against their villages as early as the 17th century, and during the entire 18th century; although it is impossible to certify that these have a direct relationship with the coastal kingdom populations. It seems that in some cases including this one, the term was used generically to design all the nomadic peoples in the sparsely settled territories between the Merina country and the western coast of the island. The Merina king Radama I's wars with the western coast of the island would end in a fragile peace sealed through his marriage with the daughter of a king of Menabe. Though the Merina would never annex the two last Sakalava strongholds of Menabe and Boina (Majunga); the Sakalava would never again pose a threat to the central plateau until the French colonisation of the island in 1896. Known Malagasy that come from Sakalava ethnicities are: Jaojoby, singer known as the King of Salegy Philibert Tsiranana, first President of Madagascar
  • I Sakalava sono una popolazione malgascia originaria della regione di Isaka (costa sudorientale del Madagascar). Insieme ai Bara e ai Betsileo, sono fra le popolazioni malgasce di origine più chiaramente africana. A causa del loro passato storico, che vide un largo periodo di predominio sugli altri gruppi tribali malgasci, i Sakalava sono fra le etnie più geograficamente diffuse del Madagascar. Il nome Sakalava deriva dall'arabo saqaliba e indirettamente dal latino esclavus ("schiavo").
  • サカラヴァ人(Sakalava)は、マダガスカルの民族。人口約70万人。マダガスカル西部海岸に住み、主にマハジャンガ州及びトゥリアラ州北部に居住する。マダガスカルで5番目に大きな民族グループであるが、居住地域はマダガスカル各民族中最も大きい。サカラヴァとは「長い渓谷に住む人々」という意味である。。 サカラヴァ人は16世紀ごろ、マルセラナ王朝のもとで西部海岸全域を支配し、メナベ王国とブイナ王国の二つの王国を築いて奴隷交易などの貿易の利権を握って繁栄したが、やがて中央高原のメリナ王国に押されて衰退した。乾燥した草原地帯を領域とするため、主に牛の牧畜を生業とするが、農耕や漁業をおこなうサブグループもある。
  • File:NSRW Africa Sakalava Girl. png 萨卡拉瓦女性 萨卡拉瓦人(Sakalava)是马达加斯加的一个种族群体,总计约700,000人,语言为马达加斯加语。马达加斯加首任总统菲利贝尔·齐拉纳纳就是萨卡拉瓦人。
  • Сакалава — народ Мадагаскара, приблизительно насчитывающий 700.000 человек. Представители данного народа населяют западное побережье острова от района Толиара на юге до Самбриано на севере. Сакалаварцы в древности представляли группу различных народностей в составе империи и по существу не могут считаться отдельной этнической семьей. Народ Мадагаскара с наиболее выраженными негроидными чертами. В этническую группу сакалава входят также везу и масикуру.
  • Sakalava är en folkgrupp på Madagaskar. De uppgår sammanlagt till närmare 1,1 miljoner (2006), bor längs öns västkust och är traditionellt indelade i fyra grupper med olika sysselsättningar. En grupp ägnar sig huvudsakligen åt boskapshållning, en annan jordbruk, en tredje fiske och den fjärde har i stor utsträckning livnärt sig som jägare-samlare.
  • Les Sakalava groupe ethnique ou plutôt culturel de Madagascar occupant la majeure partie de la frange côtière occidentale de l'île, depuis la région de Tuléar au sud jusque dans la région du Sambirano au nord. En fait, les Sakalava ne constituent pas vraiment un peuple homogène mais un ensemble d'ethnies diverses ayant fait partie d'un ancien empire apparu dans la seconde moitié du Modèle:XVIIe siècle.
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  • Die Sakalava sind eine auf Madagaskar ansässige Volksgruppe . Die Sakalava machen heute ca. 6 % der madagassischen Bevölkerung aus, besiedeln jedoch an der Westküste ein Viertel der Fläche der Insel.
  • Los sakalava o sakalave son un pueblo establecido en la costa occidental de Madagascar (576.000 en 1989), que hablan una lengua malayopolinésica.
  • I Sakalava sono una popolazione malgascia originaria della regione di Isaka (costa sudorientale del Madagascar). Insieme ai Bara e ai Betsileo, sono fra le popolazioni malgasce di origine più chiaramente africana. A causa del loro passato storico, che vide un largo periodo di predominio sugli altri gruppi tribali malgasci, i Sakalava sono fra le etnie più geograficamente diffuse del Madagascar. Il nome Sakalava deriva dall'arabo saqaliba e indirettamente dal latino esclavus ("schiavo").
  • サカラヴァ人(Sakalava)は、マダガスカルの民族。人口約70万人。マダガスカル西部海岸に住み、主にマハジャンガ州及びトゥリアラ州北部に居住する。マダガスカルで5番目に大きな民族グループであるが、居住地域はマダガスカル各民族中最も大きい。サカラヴァとは「長い渓谷に住む人々」という意味である。。 サカラヴァ人は16世紀ごろ、マルセラナ王朝のもとで西部海岸全域を支配し、メナベ王国とブイナ王国の二つの王国を築いて奴隷交易などの貿易の利権を握って繁栄したが、やがて中央高原のメリナ王国に押されて衰退した。乾燥した草原地帯を領域とするため、主に牛の牧畜を生業とするが、農耕や漁業をおこなうサブグループもある。
  • File:NSRW Africa Sakalava Girl. png 萨卡拉瓦女性 萨卡拉瓦人(Sakalava)是马达加斯加的一个种族群体,总计约700,000人,语言为马达加斯加语。马达加斯加首任总统菲利贝尔·齐拉纳纳就是萨卡拉瓦人。
  • Сакалава — народ Мадагаскара, приблизительно насчитывающий 700.000 человек. Представители данного народа населяют западное побережье острова от района Толиара на юге до Самбриано на севере. Сакалаварцы в древности представляли группу различных народностей в составе империи и по существу не могут считаться отдельной этнической семьей. Народ Мадагаскара с наиболее выраженными негроидными чертами. В этническую группу сакалава входят также везу и масикуру.
  • Sakalava är en folkgrupp på Madagaskar. De uppgår sammanlagt till närmare 1,1 miljoner (2006), bor längs öns västkust och är traditionellt indelade i fyra grupper med olika sysselsättningar. En grupp ägnar sig huvudsakligen åt boskapshållning, en annan jordbruk, en tredje fiske och den fjärde har i stor utsträckning livnärt sig som jägare-samlare.
  • The Sakalava are an ethnic group of Madagascar numbering approximately 700,000 in population. Their name means "people of the long valleys. " They occupy the Western edge of the island from Toliara in the south to Sambirano in the north. The Sakalava denominate a number of smaller ethnic groups that once comprised an ancient empire, rather than an ethnic group in its own right.
  • Les Sakalava groupe ethnique ou plutôt culturel de Madagascar occupant la majeure partie de la frange côtière occidentale de l'île, depuis la région de Tuléar au sud jusque dans la région du Sambirano au nord. En fait, les Sakalava ne constituent pas vraiment un peuple homogène mais un ensemble d'ethnies diverses ayant fait partie d'un ancien empire apparu dans la seconde moitié du Modèle:XVIIe siècle.
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