Malay
Singapore's official tongue
Malay refers to a people native to the Malay Peninsula, eastern Sumatra, and coastal Borneo, or to their Austronesian language.
As an adjective, it describes things relating to this ethnic group or region: Malay culture, Malay cuisine.
The Malay language serves as the basis for both Indonesian and Malaysian, making it one of the most widely spoken languages in Southeast Asia.
Wax-resist fabric coloring
- silatMalay martial discipline
- gamelanIndonesian percussive ensemble
- rendangIndonesian dry curry
- nasi lemakCoconut-milk rice dish
Indonesian island, sixth largest
- BorneoSoutheast Asian mega-island
- archipelagoChain of scattered islands
- SingaporeSoutheast Asian city-state
- equatorialOf Earth's central line
tropical · monsoon · mangrove · rainforest · maritime · coastal · islands · South China Sea
Philippine national language
- JavaneseOf a major Indonesian island
- BalineseIndonesian island natives
- HawaiianFrom the 50th state
- MaoriNew Zealand's indigenous people
Samoan · Fijian · Tongan · Polynesian · Melanesian · Micronesian · proto-language · cognates
Southeast Asian islander's identity
- PeninsularOf land mostly water-bound
- SumatranOf a large Indonesian island
- adatIndigenous Malay legal tradition
- ancestryFamily line of descent
heritage · identity · diaspora · community · intermarriage · mixed heritage
Shared tongue between peoples
- IndonesianSoutheast Asian islander's identity
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- loanwordsAdopted foreign vocabulary
Rumi · dialect · creole · pidgin · Arabic script · romanization · affixes · root words
batik
Wax-resist fabric coloring
nasi lemak · satay · sambal · adat · sultanate
Sumatra
Indonesian island, sixth largest
- BorneoSoutheast Asian mega-island
- archipelagoChain of scattered islands
- SingaporeSoutheast Asian city-state
equatorial · tropical · monsoon · mangrove · rainforest · maritime · coastal · islands · South China Sea · port cities
Tagalog
Philippine national language
Maori · Samoan · Fijian · Tongan · Polynesian · Melanesian · Micronesian · proto-language · cognates · migration
Indonesian
Southeast Asian islander's identity
- PeninsularOf land mostly water-bound
- SumatranOf a large Indonesian island
- adatIndigenous Malay legal tradition
ancestry · heritage · identity · diaspora · community · intermarriage · mixed heritage
lingua franca
Shared tongue between peoples
- IndonesianSoutheast Asian islander's identity
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
Rumi · loanwords · dialect · creole · pidgin · Arabic script · romanization · affixes · root words · pronunciation
- Indigenous LanguagesNavajo, Cherokee, Dakota, Lakota, Ojibwe
- Malaysian peoplesEurasian
- Indonesian peoplesJavanese, Dani, Papuans
- Southeast AsiaVietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia
- Asian languagesMandarin, Thai, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Hindi
- AustronesianPolynesian, Melanesian, Micronesian, Maori, Hawaiian
MalayThai
Of Bangkok's nation
Vietnamese · Burmese · Khmer · Chinese · Indian
- Cape MalayCape Town's slave-descended community
- Malaysia AirlinesSoutheast Asian national carrier
- Malaysian cuisineFood from Southeast Asian peninsula
- Malay PeninsulaSouthernmost continental Asian extension