Ƙungiyoyin kabilu masu alaƙa
Sauran kungiyoyin Malagasy; Mutanen Bantu, mutanen Australiya
Tanala ƙabilar Malagasy ce da ke zaune a cikin dazuzzukan yankin kudu maso gabashin Madagascar kusa da Manakara. Sunan su yana nufin "mutanen daji." Mutanen Tanala suna da ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyi biyu: ƙungiyar Ikongo ta kudu, waɗanda suka sami damar ci gaba da cin gashin kansu ta fuskar faɗaɗa daular Imerina a ƙarni na 19, ko kuma ƙungiyar Menabe ta arewa, waɗanda suka mika wuya ga mulkin Merina. Dukan kungiyoyin biyu sun samo asali ne tun daga wani kaka mai daraja mai suna Ralambo, wanda ake kyautata zaton dan kabilar Larabawa ne. An san su a tarihi a matsayin manyan mayaka, bayan da suka jagoranci nasarar mamaye maƙwabtan Antemoro a ƙarni na 18. Ana kuma jin cewa suna da ƙwarewa ta musamman wajen duba ta hanyar karanta iri ko ta hanyar ilimin taurari, wanda aka kawo Madagascar tare da Larabawa.
Tsarin zamantakewa na Tanala yana da alaƙa mai jituwa tsakanin manyan mutanen Tanala waɗanda suka yi ƙaura zuwa cikin dajin da suka zauna, da manyan sarakunan jama'a waɗanda tuni suka zauna a can. A al'adance ana ƙarfafa wannan dangantaka ta hanyar auratayya tsakanin ƙungiyoyi da kuma wani matsayi na musamman da ake ba kowannensu a cikin jagorancin al'umma. Tanala suna magana da yare na yaren Malagasy kuma suna bin fady da yawa kamar haramcin ziyartar babban mutum lokacin da ba shi da lafiya, ko kuma rufe ƙofar gida lokacin cin abinci don hana wasu kallon cin abinci. Babban abin da suke rayuwa shine noman kofi da shinkafa.