Not to be confused with Malaysian Siamese, residents of Malaysia of Thai descent.
Thai Malays
ไทยเชื้อสายมลายู ملايو تاي Orang Melayu Thailand Oré Jawi[1] Bangso Yawi Oghae Nayu
Thai Malay boys in Songkhla
Total population
3 million[2] (2020, est.)
Regions with significant populations
Thailand Malaysia
Languages
Malayic languages
(Kelantan-Pattani Malay
Songkhla Malay, Satun Malay
Bangkok Malay)
Thai and Southern Thai
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam (Shafi'i Madhab), small Buddhist minority[3]
Related ethnic groups
Other Malays
Thai Malays (Standard Malay: Orang Melayu Thailand/Siam, Thai: ไทยเชื้อสายมลายู: Jawi: ملايو تاي; Pattani Malay: Oré Nayu Siae, Bangso Yawi; Bangkok Malay: Oghae Nayu Thai), with officially recognised terms including 'Malayu-descended Thais' and 'Malay',[4][5] is a term used to refer to ethnic Malay citizens of Thailand, the sixth largest ethnic group in Thailand. Thailand is home to the third largest ethnic Malay population after Malaysia and Indonesia and most Malays are concentrated in the Southern provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala, Songkhla, and Satun. Phuket[6][7] Ranong,[8] and Trang home to a sizeable Muslim population, also have many people who are of Malay descent.[9][full citation needed] A sizeable community also exists in Thailand's capital Bangkok, having descended from migrants or deportees who were relocated from the South from the 13th century onwards.[10]
^Le Roux (1998), p. 245
^"Thailand: Ethnicity, Regionalism, and Language". lcweb2.loc.gov. [dead link]
^"Malay Muslims". April 2018.
^International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; Reports submitted by States parties under article 9 of the Convention: Thailand (PDF) (Report) (in English and Thai). United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. 28 July 2011. pp. 3, 5 & 95. CERD/C/THA/1-3. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^แผนแม่บท การพัฒนากลุ่มชาติพันธุ์ในประเทศไทย(พ.ศ.2558–2560) [Master Plan for the Development of Ethnic Groups in Thailand 2015–2017] (PDF) (in Thai). Bangkok: Ministry of Social Development and Human Security. 2015. pp. 1 & 29.
^"phuket1.xls". National Statistical Office (Thailand).
^"Descendants of the White-Blooded Lady". Phuket Heritage. Lestari Heritage Network. Archived from the original on 2008-06-16.
^"ranong1.xls". National Statistical Office (Thailand).
^Institute of South East Asian Studies. The South East Asian Review, 1976. The Institute of South East Asian Studies. p. 167.
^Mohamed Taher. Encyclopaedic Survey of Islamic Culture. New Delhi: Anmol Publications. pp. 228–229. ISBN 81-261-0403-1.
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