Malay

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
  • Indonesian language, the official form of the Malay language in Indonesia
  • Malaysian Malay, the official form of the Malay language in Malaysia
• Malayic languages, a group of closely related languages in the Malay Archipelago
• Malay trade and creole languages, a set of pidgin languages throughout the Sumatra, Malay Peninsula and the entire Malay archipelago
• Brunei Malay, an official national language of 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 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

Historical Kingdoms

• Melayu 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

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
• Malaysian (disambiguation)
• Malaya (disambiguation)
• Malays (disambiguation)
• Melee (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Malay