Malays may refer to: *

Malay race The concept of a Malay race was originally proposed by the German physician Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840), and classified as a brown race. ''Malay'' is a loose term used in the late 19th century and early 20th century to describe the ...

, a racial category encompassing peoples of Southeast Asia and sometimes the Pacific Islands **

Overseas Malays Overseas Malays refer to individuals with Malay race ancestry (inc. Javanese, Malays (ethnic group), Minangkabau, Buginese people) living outside Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, South Thailand and neighbouring Malay home areas. Statisti ...

, people of Malay race ancestry living outside Malay archipelago home areas ** Cape Malays, a community in South Africa with some Southeast Asian heritage **

Sri Lankan Malays Sri Lankan Malays ( ''Shri Lanka Mæle Janathava'' (Standard); ''Mæle Minissu / Ja Minissu'' (Colloquially); are Sri Lankans with full or partial ancestry from the Indonesian Archipelago, Malaysia, or Singapore. In addition, people from Brun ...

, a Malay race descent or community in Sri Lanka **

Cocos Malays Cocos Malays are a community that form the predominant group of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, which is now a part of Australia. Today, most of the Cocos Malay can be found in the eastern coast of Sabah, Malaysia, because of diaspora originatin ...

, a Malay race descent residing mainly in Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia *

Malays (ethnic group) Malays ( ms, Orang Melayu, Jawi: أورڠ ملايو) are an Austronesian ethnic group native to eastern Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and coastal Borneo, as well as the smaller islands that lie between these locations — areas that are c ...

, the ethnic group located primarily in the Malay Peninsula, and parts of Sumatra and Borneo **

Bruneian Malay people Bruneian MalaysBrunei Malay in its various forms can be identified with a nation, an ethnic group and a region. ( ms, Orang Melayu Brunei, Jawi: ) are a native Malay ethnic group that lives in Brunei, the federal territory of Labuan, the s ...

, a native group which is limited natively Brunei **

Malaysian Malays Malaysian Malays ( Malay: ''Melayu Malaysia'', Jawi: ) are Malaysians of Malay ethnicity whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in the Malay world. In 2015 population estimate, with the total population of 15.7 million, Malaysian Malays ...

, ethnic Malays in Malaysia ** Malay Indonesians, ethnic Malays in Indonesia ** Malay Singaporeans, the history and description of the ethnic group living in Singapore **

Thai Malays Thai Malays ( ms, Orang Melayu Thai, th, ไทยเชื้อสายมลายู: Jawi: ملايو تاي; Pattani Malay: Oré Nayu, Jawi or Bangso Yawi; Songkhla Malay: Oghae Nayu), with officially recognised terms including 'Mala ...

, ethnic Malays in Thailand

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