Malay 49958 225581645 2008-07-14T12:17:31Z Caniago 677665 /* Politics/history */ {{wiktionary}} '''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 Malay]]s, 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, 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== * [[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]] {{disambig}} [[de:Malay]] [[es:Malay (desambiguación)]] [[nl:Malay]] [[ja:マレー]] [[pt:Malaio]] [[fi:Malaiji]] [[sv:Malay]] [[tl:Malay (paglilinaw)]] [[vi:Mã Lai]]