Malay

Malay may refer to:

Language

• Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, and Singapore
  • Old Malay, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century
• Malay languages, a group of closely related languages in the Malay Archipelago
• Malay trade and creole languages, a set of pidgin languages throughout the Malay Peninsula and Malay Archipelago
• Brunei Malay, an unofficial national language of Brunei distinct from standard Malay
• Kedah Malay, a variety of the Malaya languages spoken in Malaysia and Thailand
• Sri Lankan Creole Malay language, a language spoken by the Malay ethnic minority in Sri Lanka
• Indonesian language, the official form of the Malay language in Indonesia

Ethnic groups

• Malay race, a racial category used in the late 19th and early 20th century to describe Austronesian peoples
• Ethnic Malays, the ethnic group located primarily in the Malay peninsula, and parts of Sumatra and Borneo
• Bruneian Malay people, ethnic Malays in Brunei Darussalam
• Cape Malays, an ethnic group or community in South Africa
• Cocos Malays, the predominant ethnic group of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, now part of Australia
• Kedahan Malay, a large subgroup of ethnic Malays
• Malaysian Malay, a constitutionally defined group of Muslim Malaysian citizens
• Malay Singaporean, a broad ethnic group defined by the Singaporean government
• Malay Indonesian, ethnic Malays in Indonesia
• Overseas Malays, people of Malay ancestry living outside ethnic Malay home areas
• Sri Lankan Malays, an ethnic group in Sri Lanka of Indonesian and Malaysian ancestry
• Thai Malays, ethnic Malays in Thailand

Individual people

• Malay (record producer) (born 1978), American music producer
• Jessi Malay (born 1986), American singer
• Malay Ghosh (born 1937), 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

Place

• 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

• Malay states, 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 states
• Melayu Kingdom, a 7th-century classical Southeast Asian kingdom

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
• 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
• Malaya (disambiguation)
• Melee (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Malay"