Malay has several meanings:
People and language
Malays, ethnic group mainly live in Sumatra, Riau islands, Borneo, and Malacca peninsula Malayali, ethnic group predominantly live in India Malay language, the language of the Malays; spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia Malayalam language, the language of the Malayali Indonesian language, the official language form that used as the basis of Standard Malay language Old Malay language, the ancestor of the Malay language Malay race, an outdated proposed racial category corresponding to the linguistic group of Austronesian people
Geography
Malay Archipelago, an umbrella term used for Indonesian Archipelago and Philippines Archipelago, located between mainland Southeast Asia and Australia Malay Land, a term used for the region where the Malays inhabit; initially refers spesifically to Sumatra island, but nowadays including the surrounding areas of Sumatra as well Malay Peninsula, a peninsula in Southeast Asia Several communes in France: Malay, Saône-et-Loire, in the Saône-et-Loire département Malay-le-Grand, in the Yonne département Malay-le-Petit, in the Yonne département
Politics and history
Malaysia, the modern country
Malay states, the nine states of Malaysia that have hereditary rulers
Malay Kingdom, a kingdom centered in Jambi (in the eastern hemisphere of Sumatra) that was part of the Srivijaya empire
Animals
Malayan tiger, a subspecies of tiger
Malayan tapir, a subspecies of tapir
Malayan gharial, a species of reptile
Related pages
Malaya (disambiguation)