Malay facts for kids

Malay has several meanings:

People and language

• Malays, ethnic group located mainly in the Malay peninsula, and parts of Sumatra and Borneo
• Malay language, the language of the Malays; spoken in Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei

• Malaysian language, the official form of the Malay language in Malaysia
• Indonesian language, the official form of the Malay language in Indonesia
• Old Malay language(s), possible ancestor(s) of the Malay language

• Malay race, a mostly historical racial category corresponding to the Austronesian peoples

Geography

• Malay Peninsula, a peninsula in Southeast Asia
• Malay Archipelago, the group of islands located between mainland Southeast Asia and Australia
• 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
• Melayu Kingdom, a kingdom in Indonesia 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)

See also

In Spanish: Malay (desambiguación) para niños