# 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, 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
* 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