Editing Malay

{{Wiktionary|Malay|malay|malayu|Melayu}}
'''Malay''' may refer to: 

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==Languages==
* [[Malay language]] or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore
** [[History of the Malay language#Old Malay|History of the Malay language]], the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century
** [[Indonesian language]], the official form of the Malay language in Indonesia
** [[Malaysian Malay]], the official form of the Malay language in Malaysia
* [[Malayic languages]], a group of closely related languages in the Malay Archipelago
* [[Malay dialects and varieties]], distribution of dialects and varieties of the Malay language spread mainly in Southeast Asia
* [[Malay trade and creole languages]], a set of pidgin languages throughout the Sumatra, Malay Peninsula and the entire Malay archipelago
* [[Brunei Malay]], a variety of the Malay language spoken in Brunei, distinct from standard Malay
* [[Kedah Malay]], a variety of the Malay languages spoken in Malaysia and Thailand
* [[Sri Lanka Malay language]], spoken by the Malay race minority in Sri Lanka
* [[Kelantan-Pattani Malay]], variety of Malay spoken in State of Kelantan, Malaysia & South Thailand

== 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 Malays]], 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
** [[Riau Malays]], ethnic Malays who inhabit the area of Riau and the Riau Islands
** [[Thai Malays]], ethnic Malays in Thailand

==People==
* [[Malay (record producer)]] (born 1978), American music producer
* Jessi Malay (born 1986), American singer in [[No Secrets (group)|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|SS ''Ambria'']]
* [[USS Malay (SP-735)|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)]]
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