Malay may refer to:

Languages

Malay language Malay ( , ; , Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ) is an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language spoken primarily by Malays (ethnic group), Malays in several islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula on the mainland Asia. The lang ...

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 Indonesian (; ) is the official language, official and national language of Indonesia. It is a standard language, standardized variety (linguistics), variety of Malay language, Malay, an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language that has ...

, the official form of the Malay language in Indonesia **

Malaysian Malay Malaysian Malay () or Malaysian ()endonymically known as Standard Malay () or simply Malay (, abbreviated to BM)is a standardized form of the Malay language used in Malaysia and also used in Singapore and Brunei (as opposed to the variety (l ...

, the official form of the Malay language in Malaysia * Malayic languages, a group of closely related languages in the Malay Archipelago * Malay dialects and varieties, distribution of dialects and varieties of the Malay language spread mainly in Southeast Asia *

Malay trade and creole languages In addition to its Classical language, classical and modern Literary language, literary form, Malayic languages, Malay had various Nonstandard dialect, regional dialects established after the rise of the Srivijaya, Srivijaya empire in Sumatra, I ...

, a set of pidgin languages throughout the Sumatra, Malay Peninsula and the entire Malay archipelago * 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 * Sri Lanka Malay language, spoken by the Malay race minority in Sri Lanka * Kelantan–Pattani Malay, variety of Malay spoken in State of Kelantan, Malaysia & South Thailand

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

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 Malay Peninsula is located in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area contains Peninsular Malaysia, Southern Tha ...

, 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 Peninsular Malaysia, historically known as Malaya and also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, is the western part of Malaysia that comprises the southern part of the Malay Peninsula on Mainland Southeast Asia and the list of isla ...

, a group of nine states of Malaysia (all located in West Malaysia) which have hereditary rulers *

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

, the modern country that encompasses most of the ancient Malay ethnic group states

Historical Kingdoms

Melayu Kingdom The Melayu Kingdom (also known as Malayu, Dharmasraya Kingdom or the Jambi Kingdom; , reconstructed Middle Chinese pronunciation ''mat-la-yu kwok'')Muljana, Slamet , (2006), ''Sriwijaya'', Yogyakarta: LKIS, . was a classical Buddhist kingdom ...

, a 7th-century classical Southeast Asian kingdom in Sumatra, Indonesia

Animals

* Malay chicken, 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'' * 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, the Malay-speaking countries of Southeast Asia, or the homeland of the Austronesian people