NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Regional Human Geography: M Geography Notes on Ethinc Groups, Languages and Religious Affiliations of Countries Starting with M
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MACEDONIA | Ethnic groups Macedonian Slavs 67 percent Albanian 23 percent Turkish 4 percent Serbian 2 percent Roma (Gypsy) , other 4 percent. | Languages Macedonian 70 percent Albanian 21 percent Turkish 3 percent SerboCroatian 3 percent Other 3 percent. | Religious affiliations Orthodox Christian (mostly Macedonian Orthodox) 60 percent Muslim 29 percent Nonreligious 7 percent Other 4 percent. |
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MADAGASCAR | Sakalava 6 percent Antaisaka 5 percent Other 28 percent. | Ethnic groups Merina 27 percent Betsimisaraka 15 percent Betsileo 12 percent Tsimihety 7 percent Languages French (official) , Malagasy (official) , Hova and other dialects | Religious affiliations Indigenous beliefs 52 percent Christian 41 percent Muslim 7 percent. |
MALAWI | Ethnic groups Chewa, Nyanja, Tumbuka, Yao, Lomwe, Sena, Tonga, Ngoni, Ngonde, Asian, European | Languages English (official) , Chichewa, other indigenous languages | Religious affiliations Protestant 55 percent Roman Catholic 20 percent Muslim 20 percent Hindu, indigenous beliefs 5 percent. |
MALAYSIA | Ethnic groups Malays and other indigenous groups 59 percent Chinese 26 percent Indian 7 percent Other 8 percent. | Languages Bahasa Malaysia (official) , Chinese (various dialects) , English, Tamil, Iban, other indigenous languages | Religious affiliations Muslim 48 percent Folk religions 24 percent Christian 8 percent Buddhist 7 percent Hindu 7 percent Other 6 percent. |
MALDIVES | Ethnic groups Sinhalese, Dravidian, Arab, African. | Languages Divehi (official; dialect of Sinhala) , English | Religious affiliations Muslim (Islam is the official religion; mostly Sunni Muslim) . |
MALI | Ethnic groups Sinhalese, Dravidian, Arab, African. | Languages Divehi (official; dialect of Sinhala) , English | Religious affiliations Muslim (Islam is the official religion; mostly Sunni Muslim) . |
MALTA | Ethnic groups Maltese 96 percent British 2 percent Other (including Sicilian, French, Spanish, and Italian) 2 percent | Languages Maltese (official) , English (official) , Italian | Religious affiliations Roman Catholic 93 percent Other 7 percent. |
MAURITANIA | Ethnic groups Moor 30 percent Mixed Moor, black 40 percent Other (including Fulani and Wolof) 30 percent | Languages Arabic (official) , Fulfulde, Soninke, Wolof, French | Religious affiliations Muslim (Islam is the official religion; almost all Sunni Muslim) 100 percent. |
MEXICO | Ethnic groups Mestizo (Native AmericanSpanish) 60 percent Amerindian 30 percent European ancestry 9 percent Other 1 percent. | Languages Spanish (official) , various indigenous languages, English. | Religious affiliations Roman Catholic 89 percent Protestant 3 percent Nonreligious 3 percent Other 5 percent |
MONGOLIA | Ethnic groups Mongol 90 percent Kazakh 4 percent Chinese 2 percent Russian 2 percent Other 2 percent. | Languages Khalkha Mongolian 90 percent Turkic, Russian, English, other Mongolian dialects 10 percent. | Religious affiliations Indigenous beliefs 3 i percent Tibetan Buddhist (Lamaist) 23 percent Atheist 9 percent Muslim 5 percent Nonreligious 30 percent Other 2 percent. |
MOROCCO | Ethnic groups Arab, Berber, mixed ArabBerber 99 percent Other 1 percent | Languages Arabic (official) , Derija (Moroccan Arabic) , Berber dialects, French. | Religious affiliations Muslim 98 percent Christian 1 percent Nonreligious and other 1 percent. |
MOZAMBIUE | Ethnic groups Makua, Yao, Makonde, Tonga, Tsonga, Chopi, Shona, Nguni, others. | Languages Portuguese (official) ; Swahili, indigenous dialects, including Makua, Ronga, Tsongan, and Muchope | Religious affiliations Indigenous beliefs 55 percent Christian 30 percent Muslim 15 percent. |
MYANMAR | Ethnic groups Burman 68 percent Shan 9 percent Karen 7 percent Arakanese (Rakhine) 4 percent Chinese 3 percent Mon 2 percent Indian 2 percent Other 5 percent. | Languages Burmese (official) ; minority ethnic groups have their own languages. | Religious affiliations Buddhist 73 percent Indigenous beliefs 12 percent Protestant 6 percent Muslim 3 percent Hindu 2 percent Other 4 percent. |