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 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 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