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The dialects of Madagascar belong to the Greater Barito East group of theAustronesian family and it is widely accepted that the Island was colonized byIndonesian sailors after a maritime trek which probably took place around 650CE. The language most closely related to Malagasy dialects is Maanyan but alsoMalay is strongly related especially for what concerns navigation terms. Sincethe Maanyan Dayaks live along the Barito river in Kalimantan (Borneo) and theydo not possess the necessary skill for long maritime navigation, probably theywere brought as subordinates by Malay sailors.  In a recent paper we compared 23 different Malagasy dialects in order todetermine the time and the landing area of the first colonization. In thisresearch we use new data and new methods to confirm that the landing took placeon the south-east coast of the Island. Furthermore, we are able to state herethat 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 23Malagasy dialects and we also find out the different kinship degrees of the 23dialects versus Malay and Maanyan. The method used is an automated version ofthe lexicostatistic approach. The data concerning Madagascar were collected bythe author at the beginning of 2010 and consist of Swadesh lists of 200 itemsfor 23 dialects covering all areas of the Island. The lists for Maanyan andMalay were obtained from published datasets integrated by author's interviews.

The settlement of Madagascar: what dialects and languages can tell