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 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