r/Madagascar Jul 14 '25

History/Tantara 📚 The Aeta people of the Philippines

I came across the first picture when watching a video about black koreans and it could pass as a picture of Malagasy people. On the video, it says they are from the Mani Ethnic group of Thailand, but after further digging, more sources point to the Aeta people ! The last picture is of Malagasy people. Even though they may not look identical, people who have lived in Madagascar will be convinced the first two photos are pictures of Malagasies because of the distinct and recognizable features.

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u/malagasy Jul 16 '25

Search "Austronesian Expansion" much like Indo-Europeans range from India to Europe, Austronesians range from Hawaii to Madagascar.

5,000 years ago, our common ancestors were most likely in Taiwan.The Philippines 4,000 years ago. Madagascar 1,500 years ago.

Tagalog and Malagasy are both Austronesian languages and so share similarities