Madagascar is a large island.
 Madagascar is a francophone country, and French is mostly spoken as a second language among the educated population and used for international communication
ra]), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, Malagasy pronunciation: [republikan madaaskar]; French: Rpublique de Madagascar) is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately 400 kilometres (250 miles) off the coast of East Africa across the Mozambique Channel

