![]() Thai Malay boys in Songkhla | |
Total population | |
3 million[2] (2020, est.) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
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Languages | |
Malayic languages Thai and Southern Thai | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Sunni Islam (Shafi'i Madhab), with a small Buddhist and other minorities[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]
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