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 Thai Malay boys in Songkhla | |
| Total population | |
| 1.5 million[2] (2018, est.) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Thailand Malaysia | |
| Languages | |
| Malayic languages Thai and Southern Thai | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam, with small minorities adhering to Buddhism | |
| 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',[3][4] 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. Most Malays live primarily in the four southernmost provinces of Yala, Narathiwat, Satun and Pattani.[2] They live in one of the country’s poorest regions.[2] They also live in Songkhla, Phuket and Ranong.[5] Trang province, home to a sizeable Muslim population, also have many people who are of Malay descent.[6][full citation needed] Some live in Thailand's capital, Bangkok.[2] They are descended from migrants or deportees who were relocated from the South from the 13th century onwards.[7][full citation needed]
- ^ Le Roux (1998), p. 245
- ^ a b c d "Malay Muslims in Thailand". April 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "ranong1.xls". National Statistical Office (Thailand).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Institute of South East Asian Studies. The South East Asian Review, 1976. The Institute of South East Asian Studies. p. 167.
- ^ Mohamed Taher (1997). Encyclopaedic Survey of Islamic Culture. New Delhi: Anmol Publications. pp. 228–229. ISBN 8174884874.