Malays (ethnic group)

Malays
Melayu
ملايو

Malays at a weddin.
Tot population
(c. 24.38 million)
Regions wi signeeficant populations
Malaysie: 14,749,378 Brunei: 261,902
Native aurie	.
Indonesie	5,365,399
Thailand	1,964,384
Singapore	653,449
Diaspora	.
Sooth Africae	~200,000
Sri Lanka	40,189
Australie	33,183
Unitit Kinrick	~33,000
Myanmar	~27,000
Leids
Offeecial: Malay (Indonesian • Malaysian) Dialects: Bangka Bengkulu Berau Brunei Jambi Kedah Kelantan-Pattani Pahang Perak Sarawak Terengganu, etc Ithers: Thai Burmese vernacular leids o ither kintras in diaspora
Releegion
All Sunni Islam
^ note: Heichly naituralised population o mixed origins, but uisin the 'Malay' identity

Malays (Malay: Melayu, Jawi: ملايو) are an ethnic group o Austronesian fowks predominantly inhabitin the Malay Peninsula, eastren Sumatra an coastal Borneo, as well as the smawer islands which lie atween these locations — auries that are collectively kent as the Malay warld.