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  2. Filipinos of Malay descent - Wikipedia

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    Filipinos consider Malays as being the natives of the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. Consequently, Filipinos consider themselves Malay when in reality, they are referring to the Malay race. [14] Some Filipinos in Singapore would like to be categorised as Malay, contra Singaporean policy.

  3. Malays (ethnic group) - Wikipedia

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    The Malay tricolour embodies the philosophy of Kemelayuan. Malays (/ məˈleɪ / mə-LAY; Malay: Orang Melayu, Jawi: أورڠ ملايو ‎) are an Austronesian ethnoreligious group native to eastern Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and coastal Borneo, as well as the smaller islands that lie between these locations.

  4. Malay language in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Malay is related to the native languages of the Philippines, both being Austronesian languages. Many words in the Tagalog and various Visayan languages are derived from Old Malay. Although the history of Malay influence in Philippine history is a subject of conversation, no attempts have been made to ever promote Malay or even Spanish.

  5. Maphilindo - Wikipedia

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    History. Maphilindo was initially proposed as a realization of Filipino national hero Dr. José Rizal 's dream of uniting the Malay peoples, seen as artificially divided by colonial frontiers. Uniting the Malay people was highly prioritised resulting in many events occurring within the region. Dr. José Rizal significantly contributed to ...

  6. History of the Malay language - Wikipedia

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    Proto-Malayic is the language believed to have existed in prehistoric times, spoken by the early Austronesian settlers in the region. Its ancestor, the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language that derived from Proto-Austronesian, began to break up by at least 2000 BCE as a result possibly by the southward expansion of Austronesian peoples into the Philippines, Borneo, Maluku and Sulawesi from the ...

  7. Srivijaya - Wikipedia

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    Srivijaya helped spread Malay culture throughout Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula, and western Borneo. Its influence waned in the 11th century. According to Song shi, a Song dynasty chronicle, Sanfoqi sent their envoys for the last time in 1178. Then in 1225 Chau Ju-kua mentioned that Palembang (Srivijaya) was a vassal kingdom that belonged to ...

  8. Malaysia–Philippines relations - Wikipedia

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    MalaysiaPhilippines relations. MalaysiaPhilippines relations (Malay: Hubungan Malaysia dan Filipina; Filipino: Ugnayang Malaysia at Pilipinas) refers to the bilateral relations between Malaysia and the Philippines. The Philippines has an embassy in Kuala Lumpur, and Malaysia has an embassy in Manila and a consulate general in Davao City.

  9. Malay race - Wikipedia

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    The concept of a Malay race was originally proposed by the German physician Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840), and classified as a brown race. [1][2] Malay is a loose term used in the late 19th century and early 20th century to describe the Austronesian peoples. [3][4] Since Blumenbach, many anthropologists have rejected his theory of ...