Malay peoples

E4265
Austronesian peoples ethnic group

The Malay peoples are a diverse group of closely related Austronesian ethnic communities native to the Malay Peninsula, eastern Sumatra, coastal Borneo, and surrounding regions of Southeast Asia, sharing similar languages, cultures, and Islamic heritage.

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All labels observed (19)

Label Occurrences
Malay people 31
Malays 17
Malay peoples canonical 5

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian peoples ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Malay peoples ⓘ
surface form: Orang Melayu
associatedWith Brunei Darussalam ⓘ
surface form: Brunei Sultanate

Johor Sultanate ⓘ
Malacca Sultanate ⓘ
Pattani Sultanate ⓘ
Srivijaya Empire ⓘ
culture Malay culture ⓘ
customaryLaw adat perpatih ⓘ
adat temenggong ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Southeast Asia ⓘ
hasSubgroup Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Banjar people

Bugis ⓘ
surface form: Bugis people

Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Deli Malays

Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kelantanese Malays

Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Malay Bruneians

Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Malay Indonesians

Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Malay Malaysians

Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Malay Singaporeans

Minangkabau ⓘ
surface form: Minangkabau people

Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pattani Malays

Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Riau Malays
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
majorityPopulationIn Malaysia ⓘ
majorityReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ
nativeTo Brunei Darussalam ⓘ
surface form: Brunei

Malay Peninsula ⓘ
Riau Islands ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
coastal Borneo ⓘ
coastal Sabah ⓘ
coastal Sarawak ⓘ
Sumatra ⓘ
surface form: eastern Sumatra

southern Thailand ⓘ
partOf Malay world ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
sharesCulturalTraitsWith Acehnese people ⓘ
Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Banjar people

Bugis ⓘ
surface form: Bugis people

Minangkabau ⓘ
surface form: Minangkabau people
significantPopulationIn Australia ⓘ
Brunei Darussalam ⓘ
surface form: Brunei

Indonesia ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
speak Indonesian language ⓘ
Malay language ⓘ
various Malayic dialects ⓘ
traditionalClothing baju Melayu ⓘ
baju kurung ⓘ
songket ⓘ
traditionalCuisine nasi lemak ⓘ
rendang ⓘ
satay ⓘ
traditionalDance joget ⓘ
mak yong ⓘ
zapin dance ⓘ
traditionalEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
rice cultivation ⓘ
riverine trade ⓘ
traditionalLaw Adat Melayu ⓘ
traditionalMusic dondang sayang ⓘ
ghazal Melayu ⓘ
zapin ⓘ
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ
traditionalScript Shahmukhi script ⓘ
surface form: Jawi script
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (77)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dutch East Indies → ethnicGroups → Malay peoples ⓘ
Malay peoples → sharesCulturalTraitsWith → Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Banjar people
Malay peoples → alsoKnownAs → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orang Melayu
Malay peoples → hasSubgroup → Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay Malaysians
Malay peoples → hasSubgroup → Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay Indonesians
Malay peoples → hasSubgroup → Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay Singaporeans
Malay peoples → hasSubgroup → Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay Bruneians
Malay peoples → hasSubgroup → Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pattani Malays
Malay peoples → hasSubgroup → Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Riau Malays
Malay peoples → hasSubgroup → Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deli Malays
Malay peoples → hasSubgroup → Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kelantanese Malays
Malay peoples → hasSubgroup → Malay peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Banjar people
British Malaya → ethnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malays
Malaysia → hasEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malays
Borneo → hasEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malays
Minangkabau → relatedEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay people
Malayo-Polynesian languages → areSpokenBy → Malay peoples ⓘ
Malay world → ethnicGroupCentralTo → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay people
Malay world → inhabitedBy → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay people
zapin dance → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
subject surface form: Zapin dance
this entity surface form: Malay people
mak yong → ethnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
subject surface form: Mak Yong
this entity surface form: Malay people
Malacca Sultanate → ethnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malays
Pattani Sultanate → ethnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay people
Johor Sultanate → ethnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay people
Kedah → hasEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malays
Johor → hasEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malays
Nur Herman Majid → ethnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay people
Singkawang → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay people
Bruneian American → relatedTo → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay American
Rahman Sidek → ethnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay people
Pontianak → hasEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay people
Kuala Lumpur → hasEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malays
Malacca → majorEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malays
Johor Bahru → ethnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malays
Palembang → ethnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay people
Acehnese → relatedEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay people
Rencong script → usedByEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay people
Riau → hasEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay people
Bengkulu → hasEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay people
Austronesian peoples → includesSubgroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
British Military Administration in Malaya → appliesToEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malays
Javanese people of Malaysia → relatedEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malays in Malaysia
Javanese people of Malaysia → relatedEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay people
Kerinci people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayic peoples
Songkhla → hasEthnicCommunity → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay Muslims
Alam Melayu → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
gambus → usedByEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay people
songkok → usedByEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malay people
songkok → usedByEthnicGroup → Malay peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bruneian Malays