The predominant languages spoken on Madagascar are not of an African language family,but belong to
A)Indo-European family.
B)Sino-Tibetan family.
C)Dravidian family.
D)Austronesian family.

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Madagascar was settled by Austronesian peoples from Southeast Asia around 2,000 years ago, and they brought with them the Malagasy language, which belongs to the Austronesian language family. Despite being located off the coast of Africa, Madagascar has very few linguistic ties to the languages spoken on the mainland.

The Predominant Languages Spoken on Madagascar Are Not of an African