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#Old Malay, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century
- Indonesian language, the official form of the Malay language in Indonesia
- Malaysian language, the official form of the Malay language in Malaysia
- Malayan 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 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, a language spoken by the Malay race minority in Sri Lanka
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 Malay, 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
- 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
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