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 and clan system from non-Islamic civilizations to Madagascar, which contrasted with the Polynesian matriarchal system. The Sorabe alphabet, based on Arabic, was used to transcribe Malagasy language and Antemoro dialect. The Arabs were also the first to correctly identify the origin of most Malagasy by suggesting that the island was colonized by Indonesians.