{{Wiktionary|Malay|malay|malayu|Melayu}} '''Malay''' may refer to:
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==Languages== * Malayic languages, a branch of closely related Austronesian languages spoken in the Malay Archipelago in Maritime Southeast Asia ** Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore *** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century *** Indonesian language, the official form of the Malay language in Indonesia ***Malaysian Malay, the official form of the Malay language in Malaysia, also known as Standard Malay **Malay trade and creole languages, a set of pidgin languages ***Cocos Malay, spoken by the Cocos Malays in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island, Australia ***Sri Lanka Malay language, spoken by the Malay race minority in Sri Lanka **Bangka Malay, a Malayic language spoken on the island of Bangka, Indonesia **Berau Malay, a Malayic language spoken in Berau Regency, Indonesia ** Brunei Malay, a variety of the Malay language spoken in Brunei, distinct from standard Malay ** Kedah Malay, a variety of the Malay languages spoken in Malaysia and Thailand ** Kelantan–Pattani Malay, variety of Malay spoken in State of Kelantan, Malaysia and South Thailand **Jambi Malay, a Malayic language primarily spoken by the Jambi Malay people in Jambi, Indonesia **Malayic Dayak languages, a dialect chain of Malayic spoken in West and Central Kalimantan, Indonesia ***Ketapang Malay, spoken by the Malay people in parts of West Kalimantan **Negeri Sembilan Malay, a language spoken in Malaysia by the descendants of Minangkabau settlers from Sumatra, related to Standard Malay **Pahang Malay, a Malayic language spoken in the Malaysian state of Pahang **Perak Malay, spoken within the state of Perak, Malaysia **Pontianak Malay, a Malayic language primarily spoken in West Kalimantan, Indonesia **Reman Malay, a Malayic language spoken in the Malaysian states of Kedah and Perak **Riau Malay language, a dialect continuum of Malayic languages primarily spoken by the Riau Malays in Riau and the Riau Islands in Indonesia **Sarawak Malay, a Malayic language native to the State of Sarawak, Malaysia **South Barisan Malay, or Central Malay or Middle Malay, collection of closely related Malayic isolects spoken in southwestern Sumatra **Terengganu Malay, a Malayic language spoken in far Eastern Malaysia
== Race and ethnic groups == * Malay race, a racial category used in the late 19th and early 20th century to describe Austronesian peoples ** Overseas Malays, people of Malay race ancestry living outside Malay archipelago home areas ** Cape Malays, a Malay race descent or community in South Africa ** Cocos Malays, the predominant ethnic group (Malay race descent) of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, now part of Australia. ** Sri Lankan Malays, a Malay race descent or community in Sri Lanka * Malays (ethnic group), the ethnic group located primarily in the Malay peninsula, and parts of Sumatra and Borneo ** Bruneian Malay people, ethnic Malays in Brunei Darussalam ** Malaysian Malays, a constitutionally defined group of Muslim Malaysian citizens ** Malay Indonesian, ethnic Malays in Indonesia ** Malay Singaporeans, a broad ethnic group defined by the Singaporean government ** Riau Malays, ethnic Malays who inhabit the area of Riau and the Riau Islands ** Thai Malays, ethnic Malays in Thailand
==People== * Malay (record producer) (born 1978), American music producer * Jessi Malay (born 1986), American singer in No Secrets * Malay Ghosh (born 1944), Indian statistician and Distinguished Professor at the University of Florida * Malay Roy Choudhury (born 1939), Bengali poet and novelist who founded the "Hungryalist Movement" in the 1960s * Malay Banerjee (born 1955), Indian former cricketer * Malay Bhowmick (born 1956) * Andrei Malay (born 1973) * Charlie Malay (1879–1905), professional baseball player * Joe Malay (1905–1989), American baseball player * Alicia Malay, American politician
==Places== * Malay, Azerbaijan, a village in Azerbaijan * Malay, Aklan, a municipality in the Philippines * Malay, Saône-et-Loire, a commune in the Saône-et-Loire département of France * Malay Archipelago, the group of islands located between mainland Southeast Asia and Australia * Malay-le-Grand, a commune in the Yonne département of France * Malay-le-Petit, a commune in the Yonne département of France * Malay Peninsula, the geographic area containing Malaysia and Singapore, as well as parts of Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand * Malay Sheykh-e Ginklik, a village in Golestan Province, Iran * Malay Town, the unofficial name for an area of Cairns in Australia
===Nation-states=== * Peninsular Malaysia, a group of nine states of Malaysia (all located in West Malaysia) which have hereditary rulers * Malaysia, the modern country that encompasses most of the ancient Malay ethnic group states * Melayu Kingdom, a historical 7th-century classical Southeast Asian kingdom in Sumatra, Indonesia
==Animals== * Malay Game, a breed of chicken originating in Asia * Malayan tiger (''Panthera tigris jacksoni''), a subspecies of tiger from the Malay peninsula
==Ships== * SS ''Malay'', a Norwegian cargo ship in service from 1959 to 1961 and now known as SS ''Ambria'' * SS ''Malay'', an American oil tanker built in 1921 * USS ''Malay'' (SP-735), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919
==Other uses== * Malay alphabet, the more common of the two alphabets used today to write the Malay language * Malay cuisine, the cuisine of Malay people of Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Mindanao and Southern Thailand * Malay Village, a museum in Geylang, Singapore * Malay world, geopolitical and sociolinguistic term for the Malay-speaking countries of Southeast Asia, or the homeland of the Austronesian people
== See also == * Malay grammar, the body of rules that describe the structure of expressions in the Malay language * Malay Democrats of the Philippines, a political party of the Philippines * Malay Falls, Nova Scotia, a community in Canada *Malayalis, also spelt Malayalee, a Dravidian ethnic group originating in South India *Malayalamoid languages, a group of Dravidian languages native to South India **Malayalam, one of the eleven classical languages of India * Malaysian (disambiguation) * Malaya (disambiguation) * Malays (disambiguation) * Melee (disambiguation) * {{look from}}
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