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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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    a Highly naturalized population of mixed origins, but using the 'Malay' identity. 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 ...

  4. Malay language in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Culture of the Philippines. Malay ( Filipino: Wikang Malayo; Malay: Bahasa Melayu) is spoken by a minority of Filipinos, particularly in the Palawan, Sulu Archipelago and parts of Mindanao, mostly in the form of trade and creole languages, such as Sabah Malay. [citation needed] Historically, use of Malay as lingua franca prior to the Spanish ...

  5. Malaysia–Philippines relations - Wikipedia

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    MalaysiaPhilippines relations ( Malay: Hubungan Filipina–Malaysia; Filipino: Ugnayang Malayo-Pilipino) 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. The people of the two neighbouring ...

  6. Malay language - Wikipedia

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    Malay is the national language in Malaysia by Article 152 of the Constitution of Malaysia, and became the sole official language in Peninsular Malaysia in 1968 and in East Malaysia gradually from 1974. English continues, however, to be widely used in professional and commercial fields and in the superior courts.

  7. Malay race - Wikipedia

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    Malay ethnic groups are depicted as inhabiting the eastern coast of Sumatra and coastal Kalimantan. In Indonesia, the term "Malay" ( Indonesian: Melayu) is more associated with ethnic Malay than 'Malay race'. Historically the term 'Malay race' was first coined by foreign scientists in colonial times. However during the Dutch East Indies era ...

  8. Ethnic groups in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Traditional homelands of the Indigenous peoples of the Philippines Overview of the spread & overlap of languages spoken throughout the country as of March 2017. There are several opposing theories regarding the origins of ancient Filipinos, starting with the "Waves of Migration" hypothesis of H. Otley Beyer in 1948, which claimed that Filipinos were "Indonesians" and "Malays" who migrated to ...

  9. History of the Malay language - Wikipedia

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    The Old Malay system is greatly influenced by Sanskrit scriptures in terms of phonemes, morphemes, vocabulary and the characteristics of scholarship, particularly when the words are closely related to Indian culture such as puja, bakti, kesatria, maharaja and raja, as well as on the Hindu-Buddhist religion such as dosa, pahala, neraka, syurga ...