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Ethnic Malays
This edit war is getting a little tiring. You added a lot of references to support your claim ""and to some degree Javanese culture; however it differs by being more overtly Islamic than the Javanese culture"". Yes, it is true they are similar to ""some degree"". But you could also say that Malays are similar to ""some degree"" with many other Austronesian cultures, of which there are thousands. If you look at the language classification  the Malay language and Javanese have over 1000 languages in the same language group. Out of those, the Malay language is in fact closer to many other languages such as Ibanic, Kendayan, Balinese, Madurese & Sundanese than it is to Javanese. So why have you mentioned Javanese specifically and not one of those other 1000 cultures, especially those which are more closely linked to Malay culture? You can of course find elements of one culture which have been adopted by another culture, but does that make them similar enough to mention? Its like saying American and Japanese culture is similar since they both like to play baseball. You could just as correctly say that Malays and Thais are similar ""to some degree"". The second part of the claim ""however it differs by being more overtly Islamic than the Javanese culture"" is wrong since it implies that religion is the only, or even the main differentiating factor. This is total nonsense.

The other part of the article you keep reverting about Malays being present in Southern Myanmar is wrong, and I suggest you do some research to find out which languages are spoken in Southern Myanmar to find out why. (  )"