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Malay (language)

The language of the Malay Peninsula, which has provided the modern standard language, Bahasa Indonesia, known as Bahasa Malaysia in Malaysia. A pidginized form, Bazaar Malay, has been a lingua franca in the region for many centuries, before the advent of Western trade and colonialism. A further variety, Baba Malay, is used by Chinese communities in Malaysia. Inscriptions in Malay date from the 7th-c.

Malay Peninsula, the geographic area containing Malaysia and Singapore, as well as parts of Myanmar and Thailand Malay archipelago, the group of islands located between mainland Southeast Asia (Indochina) and Australia Malayan Union, a confederation of Malayan states formed in 1946 under the British—later became Malaysia. Malay states, a group of nine states of Malaysia (all located in West Malaysia) which have hereditary rulers Federation of Malaya, a federation formed in 1948 from the British settlements of Penang and Malacca and the nine Malay states; replaced the Malayan Union Cape Malays, an ethnic group or community in South Africa Malay, Aklan, a municipality in the Philippines Malay, Jessi, an American singer

Malay is the name or part of the name of several commune in France:

Malay, in the Saône-et-Loire département Malay-le-Grand, in the Yonne département Malay-le-Petit, in the Yonne département
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