The Arab-Somali immigrants brought their patriarchal system of family and clan of non-Islamic civilization rule to Madagascar, which differed from the Polynesian matriarchal system. Sorabe is an alphabet based on Arabic used to transcribe the Malagasy language and the Antemoro dialect in particular. The Arabs were also the first to correctly identify the origin of most Malagasy by suggesting that the island was colonized by the Indonesians.
The Arab immigrants brought their patriarchal family structure from non-Islamic societies to Madagascar, which differed from the Polynesian matriarchal system. They introduced the Sorabe alphabet, based on Arabic, for transcribing the Malagasy language and Antemoro dialect. Notably, they were the first to correctly identify the origins of most Malagasy by suggesting Indonesian colonization.