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Malays (ethnic group)

Malays (Malay: Orang Melayu, Jawi script: اورڠ ملايو‎) are an Austronesian ethnoreligious group native to the Malay Peninsula, eastern Sumatra, coastal Borneo, and the smaller islands that lie between these locations — areas that are collectively known as the Malay world. These locations are today part of the countries of Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra…

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Arab world
~50,000
Australia
33,183
Brunei
314,560
Cambodia
18,000[citation needed]
Canada
16,920
Indonesia
8,553,791[Note 3]

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Sub-ethnic groups

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Malays (ethnic group)

Nodes652
Edges651
Triples36
Avg. degree2
Density0.003067
Components1

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Malays (ethnic group)

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Arab world · 1
Malays (ethnic group) → ~50,000
Australia · 1
Malays (ethnic group) → 33,183
Brunei · 1
Malays (ethnic group) → 314,560
Cambodia · 1
Malays (ethnic group) → 18,000[citation needed]
Canada · 1
Malays (ethnic group) → 16,920
Indonesia · 1
Malays (ethnic group) → 8,553,791[Note 3]
Japan · 1
Malays (ethnic group) → 11,287
Malay world · 1
Malays (ethnic group) → 30 million[Note 1]
Malaysia · 1
Malays (ethnic group) → 17,600,000[Note 2]
Myanmar · 1
Malays (ethnic group) → 27,000[citation needed]

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malay also malays malacca century peninsula traditional islam sumatra malaysia brunei known archipelago melayu british sultanate language kingdom kedah singapore

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Malays (ethnic group)Arab world~50,0001.00infobox
Malays (ethnic group)Australia33,1831.00infobox
Malays (ethnic group)Brunei314,5601.00infobox
Malays (ethnic group)Cambodia18,000[citation needed]1.00infobox
Malays (ethnic group)Canada16,9201.00infobox
Malays (ethnic group)Indonesia8,553,791[Note 3]1.00infobox
Malays (ethnic group)Japan11,2871.00infobox
Malays (ethnic group)Malay world30 million[Note 1]1.00infobox
Malays (ethnic group)Malaysia17,600,000[Note 2]1.00infobox
Malays (ethnic group)Myanmar27,000[citation needed]1.00infobox
Malays (ethnic group)Singapore545,498[Note 4]1.00infobox
Malays (ethnic group)Sri Lanka40,1891.00infobox
Malays (ethnic group)Thailand2,150,9501.00infobox
Malays (ethnic group)United Kingdom~33,000[citation needed]1.00infobox
Malays (ethnic group)United States29,4311.00infobox

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