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Malay may refer to:

Language

• Malay language, the language of Malaysia and Brunei, lingua franca of Samudera-Pasai (Malay Archipelago)
• Old Malay language(s), possible ancestor(s) of Bahasa Melayu, and the Indonesian language
• Sri Lankan Creole Malay language, a language spoken by the Malay ethnic minority in Sri Lanka

People

• Malays (ethnic group), the ethnic group located primarily in the Malay peninsula, and parts of Sumatra and Borneo
• Malay race, a racial category encompassing the people of South East Asia and sometimes the Pacific Islands
• Malaysian Malays, a constitutionally defined group of Muslim Malaysian citizens
• Malays in Singapore
• Malay Indonesian, ethnic Malays in Indonesia
• Thai Malays, ethnic Malays in Thailand
• Cape Malays, an ethnic group or community in South Africa
• Cocos Malays, the predominant group ethnic group of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, now part of Australia
• Malay Australian, ethnic Malays living in Australia, or have applied for Australian citizenship.
• Overseas Malays, people of Malay ancestry living outside Malaysia and neighbouring ethnic Malay home areas

Geography

• Malay Peninsula, the geographic area containing Malaysia and Singapore, as well as parts of Myanmar and Thailand
• Malay Archipelago, the group of islands located between mainland Southeast Asia (Indochina) and Australia
• Malay, Azerbaijan, a village
• Malay, Aklan, a municipality in the Philippines
• Several communes in France:
  • Malay, Saône-et-Loire, in the Saône-et-Loire département
  • Malay-le-Grand, in the Yonne département
  • Malay-le-Petit, in the Yonne département

Politics/history

• Malay states, a group of nine states of Malaysia (all located in West Malaysia) which have hereditary rulers.
• Melayu Kingdom or Malayu kingdom, once prospered in Indonesia as part of Srivijaya.

Other

• Malay (producer), an american music producer
• Jessi Malay, an American singer
• Malay Chicken, a breed of chicken
• Malayan Tiger, a species of tiger that live in the jungles of Malay peninsula, Borneo and Thailand

See also

• Malaya

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