Malay world

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The Malay world is a cultural and historical region of Maritime Southeast Asia encompassing areas where Malay peoples and related Austronesian groups have traditionally lived and shared linguistic, religious, and social traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
ethno-linguistic region
geographical concept
historical region
alsoKnownAs Alam Melayu
Nusantara (in some Indonesian and Malay usage)
linked to: Malay world
associatedWithPolity Brunei Sultanate
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Johor Sultanate
Majapahit
linked to: Majapahit Empire

Malacca Sultanate
Srivijaya
linked to: Srivijaya Empire
countryIncludes Brunei
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Indonesia
Malaysia
Singapore
coastal Myanmar
parts of the Philippines
southern Thailand
culturalFeature Islamic sultanate tradition
Malay language as lingua franca
Malay literary tradition
maritime trading networks
shared Malay adat (customary law)
shared culinary traditions
wayang and other performing arts
dominantLanguage Indonesian language
Malay language
Malayic languages
ethnicGroupCentralTo Malay people
linked to: Malay peoples
hasCharacteristic cultural diversity within a shared Malay-Austronesian framework
historically important in Indian Ocean trade
linguistic continuity across islands
hasPart Borneo
Brunei
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Java
Lesser Sunda Islands
Malay Peninsula
Maluku Islands
Singapore
Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes

Sumatra
coastal areas of Myanmar
coastal areas of Thailand
parts of Madagascar (historical Austronesian link)
parts of the Philippines
historicalConceptEmergence pre-modern era
historicalTermUsedBy Arab traders
Chinese chroniclers
European colonial powers
inhabitedBy Austronesian peoples
Malay people
linked to: Malay peoples
languageFamily Austronesian languages
linkedTo spread of Austronesian seafaring culture
spread of Islam in Southeast Asia
locatedIn Maritime Southeast Asia
overlapsWith Indonesian archipelago
Malay Archipelago
partOf Southeast Asia
religionMajority Sunni Islam
religionPresent Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
traditional indigenous beliefs

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Malay peoples partOf Malay world
Malay world alsoKnownAs Nusantara (in some Indonesian and Malay usage)
linked to: Malay world
Pattani Sultanate locatedIn Malay world
Johor Sultanate partOf Malay world
Kelantan locatedIn Malay world
Acehnese partOf Malay world
Rencong script associatedRegion Malay world
Hikayat Seri Rama hasRegionOfOrigin Malay world
subject linked to: Malay Hikayat Seri Rama
Malay sultanates partOf Malay world
Alam Melayu hasEnglishName Malay World
linked to: Malay world
Dondang sayang historicalOrigin Malay world
subject linked to: dondang sayang
gambus hasCulturalRegion Malay world
Marwas region Malay world
subject linked to: marwas
Zapin Arab region Malay world
songkok hasHistoricalOrigin Malay world
Tanjung Pinang hasCulturalRegion Malay world
Zapin Sarawak culturalRegion Malay world
Aceh Sultanate culturalSphere Malay world
Sultanate of Pahang partOf Malay world
Batu Sawar culturalRegion Malay world
Riau-Lingga locatedIn Malay world
Johor Lama culturalRegion Malay world
Johor-Riau-Lingga Sultanate partOf Malay world
Jambi Sultanate partOfRegion Malay world
Sultanate of Banten culturalSphere Malay world
Malay cultureArea Malay world
Orang Seletar culturalRegion Malay world
Gowa Sultanate culturalSphere Malay world
Old Malay script usedIn Malay world