English

Short Name	Madagascar	Capital City	Antananarivo
Formal Name	the Republic of Madagascar	Capital Inhabitants
Adjective/Nationality	Malagasy	Languages	Malagasy, French
Note Eng.	N.B.: The ariary is subdivided into five iraimbilanja and is one of only two non-decimal currencies currently circulating in the world (the other is the Mauritanian ouguiya). - The franc (ISO code MGF) was the currency until 1 January 2005, on which date it was replaced by the ariary at a rate of 5 francs to the ariary. The franc was divided into centimes.

Monetary Unit Singular	Monetary Unit Plural	Currency Abbr.	Descriptive Designation	Fractional Unit
ariary	ariary	MGA	Malagasy ariary; ariary	iraimbilanja [inv.]

French

Short Name	Madagascar [fém.]	Capital City	Antananarivo
Formal Name	la République de Madagascar	Capital Inhabitants	Tananarivien
Adjective/Nationality	Malgache	Languages	français, malgache
Note Frn.	Variante ancienne du nom de la capitale: Tananarive Depuis mai 2003, l'appellation "ariary" est redevenue la seule officielle pour désigner la monnaie de Madagascar, remplaçant le franc malgache (FMG). L’ iraimbilanja est la seule subdivision de l’ariary et vaut 1/5 de celui-ci.

Monetary Unit Singular	Monetary Unit Plural	Currency Abbr.	Descriptive Designation	Fractional Unit
ariary [m.]	ariary	MGA	ariary malgache; ariary	iraimbilanja [inv.]

Spanish

Short Name	Madagascar	Capital	Antananarivo
Formal Name	la República de Madagascar	Capital Inhabitants
Adjective/Nationality	malgache	Languages	francés; malgache
Note Spn.	DRAE: malgache

Monetary Unit Singular	Monetary Unit Plural	Currency Abbr.	Descriptive Designation	Fractional Unit
ariary [m.]	ariary	MGA	ariary malgache; ariary	iraimbilanja [inv.]

Russian

Short Name	Мадагаскар	Capital City	Антананариву
Formal Name	Республика Мадагаскар	Capital Inhabitants	жители Антананариву
Adjective/Nationality	мадагаскарский, малагасийский; мадагаскарец, малагасиец	Languages	малагасийский (мерина), французский
Note Rus.

Monetary Unit Singular	Monetary Unit Plural	Currency Abbr.	Descriptive Designation	Fractional Unit
франк	франки	FMG	малагасийский франк	ариари

Chinese

Short Name	马达加斯加	Capital City	塔那那利佛
Formal Name	马达加斯加共和国	Capital Inhabitants
Adjective/Nationality	马达加斯加的 / 马达加斯加人	Languages	马达加斯加语、法语
Note Chn.	2005年取代原货币马达加斯加法郎。一个阿里亚里等于5个衣莱姆比郎甲。

Monetary Unit Singular	Monetary Unit Plural	Currency Abbr.	Descriptive Designation	Fractional Unit
阿里亚里		MGA	马达加斯加阿里亚里	衣莱姆比郎甲

Arabic

Short Name	مدغشقر	Capital City	أنتاناناريفو
Formal Name	جمهورية مدغشقر	Capital Inhabitants
Adjective/Nationality	ملغاشي	Languages	الملغاشية والفرنسية
Note Arb.

Monetary Unit Singular	Monetary Unit Plural	Currency Abbr.	Descriptive Designation	Fractional Unit
فرنك	فرنكات	FMG	فرنك ملغاشي	سنتيم (سنتيمات)