# Malay

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'''Malay''' may refer to: 

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==Languages==
* [Malayic languages](/source/Malayic_languages), a branch of closely related [Austronesian languages](/source/Austronesian_languages) spoken in the [Malay Archipelago](/source/Malay_Archipelago) in [Maritime Southeast Asia](/source/Maritime_Southeast_Asia)
** [Malay language](/source/Malay_language) or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore
*** [History of the Malay language](/source/History_of_the_Malay_language), the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century
*** [Indonesian language](/source/Indonesian_language), the official form of the Malay language in Indonesia
***[Malaysian Malay](/source/Malaysian_Malay), the official form of the Malay language in Malaysia, also known as Standard Malay
**[Malay trade and creole languages](/source/Malay_trade_and_creole_languages), a set of pidgin languages
***[Cocos Malay](/source/Cocos_Malay), spoken by the Cocos Malays in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island, Australia
***[Sri Lanka Malay language](/source/Sri_Lanka_Malay_language), spoken by the Malay race minority in Sri Lanka
**[Bangka Malay](/source/Bangka_Malay), a Malayic language spoken on the island of Bangka, Indonesia
**[Berau Malay](/source/Berau_Malay), a Malayic language spoken in Berau Regency, Indonesia
** [Brunei Malay](/source/Brunei_Malay), a variety of the Malay language spoken in Brunei, distinct from standard Malay
** [Kedah Malay](/source/Kedah_Malay), a variety of the Malay languages spoken in Malaysia and Thailand
** [Kelantan–Pattani Malay](/source/Kelantan%E2%80%93Pattani_Malay), variety of Malay spoken in State of Kelantan, Malaysia and South Thailand
**[Jambi Malay](/source/Jambi_Malay), a Malayic language primarily spoken by the Jambi Malay people in Jambi, Indonesia
**[Malayic Dayak languages](/source/Malayic_Dayak_languages), a dialect chain of Malayic spoken in West and Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
***[Ketapang Malay](/source/Ketapang_Malay), spoken by the Malay people in parts of West Kalimantan
**[Negeri Sembilan Malay](/source/Negeri_Sembilan_Malay), a language spoken in Malaysia by the descendants of Minangkabau settlers from Sumatra, related to Standard Malay
**[Pahang Malay](/source/Pahang_Malay), a Malayic language spoken in the Malaysian state of Pahang
**[Perak Malay](/source/Perak_Malay), spoken within the state of Perak, Malaysia
**[Pontianak Malay](/source/Pontianak_Malay), a Malayic language primarily spoken in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
**[Reman Malay](/source/Reman_Malay), a Malayic language spoken in the Malaysian states of Kedah and Perak
**[Riau Malay language](/source/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](/source/Sarawak_Malay), a Malayic language native to the State of Sarawak, Malaysia
**[South Barisan Malay](/source/South_Barisan_Malay), or Central Malay or Middle Malay, collection of closely related Malayic isolects spoken in southwestern Sumatra
**[Terengganu Malay](/source/Terengganu_Malay), a Malayic language spoken in far Eastern Malaysia

== Race and ethnic groups ==
* [Malay race](/source/Malay_race), a racial category used in the late 19th and early 20th century to describe Austronesian peoples
** [Overseas Malays](/source/Overseas_Malays), people of Malay race ancestry living outside Malay archipelago home areas
** [Cape Malays](/source/Cape_Malays), a Malay race descent or community in South Africa
** [Cocos Malays](/source/Cocos_Malays), the predominant ethnic group (Malay race descent) of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, now part of Australia.
** [Sri Lankan Malays](/source/Sri_Lankan_Malays), a Malay race descent or community in Sri Lanka 
* [Malays (ethnic group)](/source/Malays_(ethnic_group)), the ethnic group located primarily in the Malay peninsula, and parts of Sumatra and Borneo
** [Bruneian Malay people](/source/Bruneian_Malay_people), ethnic Malays in Brunei Darussalam
** [Malaysian Malays](/source/Malaysian_Malays), a constitutionally defined group of Muslim Malaysian citizens
** [Malay Indonesian](/source/Malay_Indonesian), ethnic Malays in Indonesia
** [Malay Singaporeans](/source/Malay_Singaporeans), a broad ethnic group defined by the Singaporean government
** [Riau Malays](/source/Riau_Malays), ethnic Malays who inhabit the area of Riau and the Riau Islands
** [Thai Malays](/source/Thai_Malays), ethnic Malays in Thailand

==People==
* [Malay (record producer)](/source/Malay_(record_producer)) (born 1978), American music producer
* Jessi Malay (born 1986), American singer in [No Secrets](/source/No_Secrets_(group))
* [Malay Ghosh](/source/Malay_Ghosh) (born 1944), Indian statistician and Distinguished Professor at the University of Florida
* [Malay Roy Choudhury](/source/Malay_Roy_Choudhury) (born 1939), Bengali poet and novelist who founded the "Hungryalist Movement" in the 1960s
* [Malay Banerjee](/source/Malay_Banerjee) (born 1955), Indian former cricketer
* [Malay Bhowmick](/source/Malay_Bhowmick) (born 1956)
* [Andrei Malay](/source/Andrei_Malay) (born 1973)
* [Charlie Malay](/source/Charlie_Malay) (1879–1905), professional baseball player
* [Joe Malay](/source/Joe_Malay) (1905–1989), American baseball player
* [Alicia Malay](/source/Alicia_Malay), American politician

==Places==
* [Malay, Azerbaijan](/source/Malay%2C_Azerbaijan), a village in Azerbaijan
* [Malay, Aklan](/source/Malay%2C_Aklan), a municipality in the Philippines
* [Malay, Saône-et-Loire](/source/Malay%2C_Sa%C3%B4ne-et-Loire), a commune in the Saône-et-Loire département of France
* [Malay Archipelago](/source/Malay_Archipelago), the group of islands located between mainland Southeast Asia and Australia
* [Malay-le-Grand](/source/Malay-le-Grand), a commune in the Yonne département of France
* [Malay-le-Petit](/source/Malay-le-Petit), a commune in the Yonne département of France
* [Malay Peninsula](/source/Malay_Peninsula), the geographic area containing Malaysia and Singapore, as well as parts of Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand
* [Malay Sheykh-e Ginklik](/source/Malay_Sheykh-e_Ginklik),  a village in Golestan Province, Iran
* [Malay Town](/source/Malay_Town), the unofficial name for an area of Cairns in Australia

===Nation-states===
* [Peninsular Malaysia](/source/Peninsular_Malaysia), a group of nine states of Malaysia (all located in West Malaysia) which have hereditary rulers
* [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia), the modern country that encompasses most of the ancient Malay ethnic group states
* [Melayu Kingdom](/source/Melayu_Kingdom), a historical 7th-century classical Southeast Asian kingdom in Sumatra, Indonesia

==Animals==
* [Malay Game](/source/Malay_Game), a breed of chicken originating in Asia
* [Malayan tiger](/source/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''](/source/SS_Ambria)
* [SS ''Malay''](/source/SS_Malay_(1921)), an American oil tanker built in 1921
* [USS ''Malay'' (SP-735)](/source/USS_Malay), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919

==Other uses==
* [Malay alphabet](/source/Malay_alphabet), the more common of the two alphabets used today to write the Malay language
* [Malay cuisine](/source/Malay_cuisine), the cuisine of Malay people of Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Mindanao and Southern Thailand
* [Malay Village](/source/Malay_Village), a museum in Geylang, Singapore
* [Malay world](/source/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](/source/Malay_grammar), the body of rules that describe the structure of expressions in the Malay language
* [Malay Democrats of the Philippines](/source/Malay_Democrats_of_the_Philippines), a political party of the Philippines
* [Malay Falls, Nova Scotia](/source/Malay_Falls%2C_Nova_Scotia), a community in Canada
*[Malayalis](/source/Malayalis), also spelt Malayalee, a Dravidian ethnic group originating in South India
*[Malayalamoid languages](/source/Malayalamoid_languages), a group of Dravidian languages native to South India
**[Malayalam](/source/Malayalam), one of the eleven classical languages of India
* [Malaysian (disambiguation)](/source/Malaysian_(disambiguation))
* [Malaya (disambiguation)](/source/Malaya_(disambiguation))
* [Malays (disambiguation)](/source/Malays_(disambiguation))
* [Melee (disambiguation)](/source/Melee_(disambiguation))
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