Malay may refer to:

Languages

Malay language Malay (; ms, Bahasa Melayu, links=no, Jawi: , Rencong: ) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of the Philippines ...

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 be ...

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

Malaysian Malay Malaysian Malay ( ms, Bahasa Melayu Malaysia), also known as Standard Malay (Malay: ''Bahasa Melayu Standard''), ( English translation: Malaysian language), or simply Malay, is a standardized form of the Malay language used in Malaysia (as o ...

, 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 most prominent member is Malay, which is the national language of Brunei, Singapore and Malaysia; it further serves as basis for Indo ...

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

Malay trade and creole languages In addition to its classical and literary form, Malay had various regional dialects established after the rise of the Srivijaya empire in Sumatra, Indonesia. Also, Malay spread through interethnic contact and trade across the Malay Archipel ...

, a set of pidgin languages throughout the Sumatra, Malay Peninsula and the entire Malay archipelago *

Brunei Malay The Brunei Malay language, or Kedayan (, Jawi: ) is the most widely spoken language in Brunei and a lingua franca in some parts of Sarawak and Sabah, such as Labuan, Limbang, Lawas, Sipitang and Papar.Clynes, A. (2014). Brunei Malay: An O ...

, an unofficial national language of 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 () is a variety of the Malayic languages mainly spoken in the northwestern Malaysian states of Perli ...

, a variety of the Malaya languages spoken in Malaysia and Thailand * Sri Lanka Malay language, spoken by the Malay race minority in Sri Lanka * Songkhla Malay, variety of Malay spoken in Songkhla province, 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 the ...

, 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 Arabies 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 who lived at the Cape du ...

, 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 originatin ...

, 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); are Sri Lankans with full or partial ancestry from the Indonesian Archipelago, Malaysia, or Singapore. In addition, people from Brun ...

, a Malay race descent or community in Sri Lanka *

Malays (ethnic group) Malays ( ms, Orang Melayu, Jawi: أورڠ ملايو) are an Austronesian ethnic group native to eastern Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and coastal Borneo, as well as the smaller islands that lie between these locations — areas that are c ...

, 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. ( ms, Orang Melayu Brunei, Jawi: ) are a native Malay ethnic group that lives in Brunei, the federal territory of Labuan, the so ...

, ethnic Malays in Brunei Darussalam **

Malaysian Malays Malaysian Malays ( Malay: ''Melayu Malaysia'', Jawi: ) are Malaysians of Malay ethnicity whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in the Malay world. In 2015 population estimate, with the total population of 15.7 million, Malaysian Malays ...

, a constitutionally defined group of Muslim Malaysian citizens **

Malay Indonesian Malay Indonesians ( Malay/Indonesian: Orang Melayu Indonesia; Jawi: اورڠ ملايو ايندونيسيا) are ethnic Malays living throughout Indonesia. They are one of the indigenous peoples of the country. Indonesian, the national language ...

, ethnic Malays in Indonesia **

Malay Singaporeans Malay Singaporeans ( ms, Melayu Singapura, Jawi: ) are a local ethnic group in Singapore. Recognised as the indigenous people of the country, the group is defined as Singaporean who is of Malay ethnicity or, whose ancestry originates from th ...

, 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 Thai Malays ( ms, Orang Melayu Thai, th, ไทยเชื้อสายมลายู: Jawi: ملايو تاي; Pattani Malay: Oré Nayu, Jawi or Bangso Yawi; Songkhla Malay: Oghae Nayu), with officially recognised terms including 'Mal ...

, ethnic Malays in Thailand

People

Malay (record producer) James Ryan Ho, better known as Malay, is an American record producer, songwriter, and audio engineer. He is a Grammy Award winner. Early life and career James Ho was born to a Malaysian father and white mother. Malay has produced for a number o ...

(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 the U ...

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

Malay Roy Choudhury Malay Roy Choudhury (born 29 October 1939) is 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 in Patna, ...

(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 between 1976 and 1981. See also * List of Bengal cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, Li ...

(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 (russian: Андрей Владимирович Малай; 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 i ...

(born 1973) *

Charlie Malay Charles Francis Malay (June 13, 1879 in Brooklyn, New York – September 18, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York), was a professional baseball player who played second base for the 1905 Brooklyn Superbas. His son, Joe Malay Joseph Charles Malay (Octob ...

(1879–1905), professional baseball player *

Joe Malay Joseph Charles Malay (October 25, 1905 – March 19, 1989) was an American baseball player who played in nine games for the New York Giants in and . He batted and threw left-handed. Malay's father, Charlie Malay, played for the Brooklyn Dodgers ...

(1905–1989), American baseball player

Places

* Malay, Azerbaijan, a village in Azerbaijan *

Malay, Aklan Malay , officially the Municipality of Malay ( Aklanon: ''Banwa it Malay''; Hiligaynon: ''Banwa sang Malay''; tl, Bayan ng Malay), is a 1st class cosmopolitan municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines. It is the richest municipality in ...

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

Malay Archipelago The Malay Archipelago (Indonesian/ Malay: , tgl, Kapuluang Malay) is the archipelago between mainland Indochina and Australia. It has also been called the " Malay world," " Nusantara", "East Indies", Indo-Australian Archipelago, Spices Arch ...

, 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. See also *Communes of the Yonne department The following is a list of the 423 communes of the Yonne Yonne () is a department in ...

, a commune in the Yonne département of France * Malay-le-Petit, a commune in the Yonne département of France *

Malay Peninsula The Malay Peninsula ( Malay: ''Semenanjung Tanah Melayu'') is a peninsula 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 are ...

, 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 ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Jawi: نڬري-نڬري تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, ...

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

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

, 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 l ...

, 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 or Indonesian alphabet (Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore: ''Tulisan Rumi'', literally "Roman script" or "Roman writing", Indonesia: ''Aksara Latin'', literally "Latin script"), consists of the 26 letters of the ISO basic Latin alp ...

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

Malay cuisine Malay cuisine 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 (mostly southern) as well a ...

, 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 world or Malay realm (Indonesian/ Malay: or ; Jawi: ), 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 interpretations of Malaynes ...

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