From the name of the island in Malagasy language: Madagasikara, itself derived from the proto-Malay "end of the Earth," a reference to the island's long distance by sea from an earlier homeland in Southeast
Madagascar Kusuka egameni lesi siqhingi i-malagasy, Madagasikara, ngokwayo isuka kuwo Proto-Malay "Ukuphela Komhlaba," okubhekisela ebangeni elide lokuya esiqhingini kusukela emazweni okuqala ayingxenye yabantu:Southeast Asia.