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 Malay was first used in the first millennia known as Old Malay, a part of the Austronesian language family. Over a period of two millennia, Malay has undergone various stages of development that derived from different layers of foreign influen ...

, 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 The Malayic languages are a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family. The two most prominent members of this branch are Indonesian and Malay. Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia and has evolved ...

, a group of closely related languages in the Malay Archipelago *

Malay dialects and varieties Malay may refer to: Languages * 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 ** Indones ...

, 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 The Brunei Malay, also called Bruneian Malay (; Jawi: ), is the most widely spoken language in Brunei Darussalam and a lingua franca in some parts of Sarawak and Sabah, such as Labuan, Limbang, Lawas, Sipitang, and Papar.Clynes, A. (2014). ...

, a variety of the Malay language spoken in Brunei, distinct from standard Malay *

Kedah Malay Kedah Malay or Kedahan (; also known as ''Pelat Utara'' or ''Loghat Utara'' 'Northern Dialect') or as it is known in Thailand, Syburi Malay ( ''Phasa Malāyū Saiburī'') is a Malayic language mainly spoken in the northwestern Malaysian state ...

, a variety of the Malay languages spoken in Malaysia and Thailand *

Sri Lanka Malay language Sri Lankan Malay, also known as Sri Lankan Creole Malay, bahasa Melayu, Ja basawa, or Java mozhi, is a Malay trade and creole languages, Malay-based creole language spoken in Sri Lanka, formed as a mixture of Sinhala language, Sinhala and Shona ...

, spoken by the Malay race minority in Sri Lanka *

Kelantan–Pattani Malay Kelantan–Pattani Malay (; ; in Pattani; in Kelantan) is an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language of the Malayic languages, Malayic subfamily spoken in the Malaysian state of Kelantan, as well as in Besut and Setiu districts of Terengg ...

, variety of Malay spoken in State of Kelantan, Malaysia & South Thailand

Race and ethnic groups

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 ...

, 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 Cape Malays (, in Arabic script) also known as Cape Muslims or Malays, are a Muslim community or ethnic group in South Africa. They are the descendants of enslaved and free Muslims from different parts of the world, specifically Indonesia (a ...

, a Malay race descent or community in South Africa **

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 originating ...

, the predominant ethnic group (Malay race descent) of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, now part of Australia. **

Sri Lankan Malays Sri Lankan Malays ( ''Shri Lanka Mæle Janathava'' (Standard); ''Mæle Minissu / Ja Minissu'' (Colloquially); ), historically known as Ceylon Malays, are Sri Lankan citizens with full or partial ancestry from the Indonesian Archipelago, Malays ...

, a Malay race descent or community in Sri Lanka *

Malays (ethnic group) Malays ( ; , Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ) are an Austronesian peoples, Austronesian ethnoreligious group native to eastern Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and coastal Borneo, as well as the smaller islands that lie between these locations. These locatio ...

, 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. (, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ) are a native Malays (ethnic group), Malay ethnic group that lives in Brunei, the Federal Territories of M ...

, ethnic Malays in Brunei Darussalam **

Malaysian Malays Malaysian Malays (, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ) are Malaysians of Malays (ethnic group), Malay ethnicity whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in the Malay world. According to the 2023 population estimate, with a total population of 17.6 milli ...

, a constitutionally defined group of Muslim Malaysian citizens **

Malay Indonesian Malay Indonesians (Malay language, Malay/Indonesian language, Indonesian: ''Orang Melayu Indonesia''; Jawi script, Jawi: ) are Malays (ethnic group), ethnic Malays living throughout Indonesia. They are one of the indigenous peoples of the country ...

, ethnic Malays in Indonesia **

Malay Singaporeans Malay Singaporeans () are Singaporeans of Malay ancestry, including those from the Malay Archipelago. They constitute approximately 13.5% of the country's residents, making them the second largest ethnic group in Singapore. Under the Constit ...

, a broad ethnic group defined by the Singaporean government **

Riau Malays Riau Malays (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , ''Melayu Riau'') are a sub-group of Malays (ethnic group), Malays native to Riau and the Riau Islands province of eastern Sumatra, Indonesia. They only make up 29% of Riau Island population, while in Riau, the ...

, ethnic Malays who inhabit the area of Riau and the Riau Islands **

Thai Malays Thai Malays ( Standard Malay: ''Orang Melayu Thailand/Siam'', : Jawi: ; Pattani Malay: ''Oré Nayu Siae'', ''Bangso Yawi''; Bangkok Malay: ''Oghae Nayu Thai''), with officially recognised terms including 'Malayu-descended Thais' and 'Malay ...

, ethnic Malays in Thailand

People

Malay (record producer) James Ryan Ho, known professionally as Malay, is an American record producer, songwriter, and audio engineer. He won Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards for his work on Frank Ocean's '' Channel Orange'' (2012). Early ...

(born 1978), American music producer * Jessi Malay (born 1986), American singer in No Secrets *

Malay Ghosh Malay Ghosh ( Bengali: মলয় ঘোষ) is an Indian statistician and currently a Distinguished Professor at the University of Florida. He obtained a B.S. in 1962 from the University of Calcutta, and subsequently a M.A. in 1964 from t ...

(born 1944), Indian statistician and Distinguished Professor at the University of Florida *

Malay Roy Choudhury Malay Roy Choudhury (29 October 1939 – 26 October 2023) was an Indian Bengali poet, playwright, short story writer, essayist and novelist who founded the Hungryalist movement in the 1960s. Early life and education Malay Roy Choudhury was ...

(born 1939), Bengali poet and novelist who founded the "Hungryalist Movement" in the 1960s *

Malay Banerjee Malay Banerjee (born 17 January 1955) is an Indian former cricketer. He played nine first-class matches for Bengal Bengal ( ) is a Historical geography, historical geographical, ethnolinguistic and cultural term referring to a region ...

(born 1955), Indian former cricketer *

Malay Bhowmick Malay Bhowmick is a Bangladeshi playwright, actor, director, and educationist. Bhowmick has a broad role to play in the movement of pedestrians, especially in the open play movement in the northern region of Bangladesh. Although professor of the ...

(born 1956) *

Andrei Malay Andrey Vladimirovich Malay (; born 13 March 1973) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Club career He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Baltika Kaliningrad. Honours * Russian Pr ...

(born 1973) *

Charlie Malay Charles Francis Malay (June 13, 1879September 18, 1949) was a professional baseball player who played second base In baseball and softball, second baseman, abbreviated 2B, is a fielding position in the infield, between second and first base. ...

(1879–1905), professional baseball player * Joe Malay (1905–1989), American baseball player

Places

Malay, Azerbaijan Malay is a village in the Agdash Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is ...

, a village in Azerbaijan *

Malay, Aklan Malay , officially the Municipality of Malay ( Aklanon: ''Banwa it Malay''; Hiligaynon: ''Banwa sang Malay''; ), is a municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines. It is the richest municipality in the province in terms of revenue. Accordi ...

, a municipality in the Philippines *

Malay, Saône-et-Loire Malay () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Grosne flows northwest through the southwestern part of the commune, then forms its northwestern border. The Gu ...

, a commune in the Saône-et-Loire département of France *

Malay Archipelago The Malay Archipelago is the archipelago between Mainland Southeast Asia and Australia, and is also called Insulindia or the Indo-Australian Archipelago. The name was taken from the 19th-century European concept of a Malay race, later based ...

, the group of islands located between mainland Southeast Asia and Australia *

Malay-le-Grand Malay-le-Grand () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. Etymology The village ''Maslacius subterior'' was cited in 519. In 1003, the village is designated under the name ''Masliacus Major'' (" ...

, a commune in the Yonne département of France *

Malay-le-Petit Malay-le-Petit () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yonne department The following is a list of the 423 communes of the Yonne department of France Fra ...

, 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 The Malayan tiger is a tiger from a specific population of the '' Panthera tigris tigris'' subspecies that is native to Peninsular Malaysia. This population inhabits the southern and central parts of the Malay Peninsula, and has been classified ...

(''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 modern Malay and Indonesian alphabet (Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore: , , ) consists of the 26 letters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet. It is the more common of the two alphabets used today to write the Malay language, the other being Jawi ...

, the more common of the two alphabets used today to write the Malay language *

Malay cuisine Malay cuisine (; Jawi script, Jawi: ) is the traditional food of the ethnic Malays of Southeast Asia, residing in modern-day Malaysia, Indonesia (parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan), Singapore, Brunei, Southern Thailand and the Philippines (most ...

, the cuisine of Malay people of Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Mindanao and Southern Thailand *

Malay Village :''This is a museum in Singapore. For description of Malay villages, see kampung.'' The Malay Village (), predecessor of present day Wisma Geylang Serai, was a museum once located in Geylang, Singapore, where they showcases the life of the Malays ...

, a museum in Geylang, Singapore *

Malay world The Malay world or Malay realm (Indonesian language, Indonesian/Malay language, Malay: or ) is a concept or an expression that has been used by different authors and groups over time to denote several different notions, derived from varied in ...

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