Thai Malays
ไทยเชื้อสายมลายู ملايو تاي Orang Melayu Thailand Oré Jawi Satun Malay Thai and Southern Thai | |
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Religion | |
Predominantly Sunni Islam (Shafi'i Madhab)[3] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Malays |
Thai Malays (
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]
Cultural distinctiveness
Separatist inclinations among ethnic Malays in Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala and Songkhla provinces, the cause of the
Malay King of Setul towards Siam, compared to the violent breakup of the Sultanate of Patani. Pro-Thai inclinations can also be observed in Malay communities in Phuket, Ranong and Bangkok.[13][14]
Language
The majority of Malays in Thailand speak a distinct variety of Malay known as
Satun Malay, while the Malays up north in Bangkok have developed their distinct variant of Malay that incorporated elements of localism with visible Pattani-Kedahan Malay dialect influences known as Bangkok Malay
(Bangkok Malay: Bangkok Melayu/Nayu). The Bangkok, Kedahan and Pattani are closely related and shared many similar vocabularies but still mutually partly unintelligible.
Writing system
With the introduction of Islam to Southeast Asia, the Malays use a modified version of the Arabic script known as
Jawi
. Unlike other parts of the Malay world, like Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, where the usage of Jawi is declining rapidly from the increasing usage of the Latin alphabet, Jawi is still widely used and understood among Malays in Thailand.
Religion
Thai Malays are predominantly
Shafi'i school of thought.[3] Islam is the defining element of the Thai Malay identity
.
Notable Thai Malays
- Phuket)
- Yala)
- Adul Lahsoh – Thai footballer (Malay descent from Phatthalung)
- Nurul Sriyankem
- Supachai Jaided
- Abdulhafiz Bueraheng
- Sompong Soleb
- Airfan Doloh
- Surin Pitsuwan
- Elias Dolah
- Rosenanee Kanoh – Thai women's cricketer
- Soraya Lateh – Thai women's cricketer
- Abdulhafis Nibu
- Denkaosan Kaovichit
- Muhammad Osamanmusa
See also
- Ethnic groups in Thailand
- Islam in Thailand
- Languages of Thailand
- Mahsuri
- Malaysian Siamese
- South Thailand insurgency
- Singgora Sultanate
Further reading
- Streicher, Ruth (2020). UNEASY MILITARY ENCOUNTERS: the Imperial Politics of Counterinsurgency in Southern Thailand. SOUTHEAST ASIA PROGRAM.
- OCLC 466390039.
- Che Man, W. K. (2003). "Democratization and National Integration: Malay Muslim Community in Southern Thailand". Intellectual Discourse. 11 (1): 1–26.
- Le Roux, Pierre (1998). "To Be or Not to Be…: The Cultural Identity of the Jawi (Thailand)" (PDF). Asian Folklore Studies. 57 (2): 223–255. JSTOR 1178753.
- Montesano, Michael John; Jory, Patrick, eds. (2008). Thai South and Malay North: Ethnic Interactions on the Plural Peninsula. National University of Singapore Press. ISBN 978-9971-69-411-1.
- ISBN 0-7391-0356-3.
- Aphornsuvan, Thanet (2004). Origins of Malay Muslim "Separatism" in Southern Thailand. Singapore: Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
References
- ^ Le Roux (1998), p. 245
- ^ "Thailand: Ethnicity, Regionalism, and Language". lcweb2.loc.gov.[dead link]
- ^ a b "Malay Muslims". April 2018.
- ^ International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; Reports submitted by States parties under article 9 of the Convention: Thailand (PDF) (Report) (in English and Thai). United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. 28 July 2011. pp. 3, 5 & 95. CERD/C/THA/1-3. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ แผนแม่บท การพัฒนากลุ่มชาติพันธุ์ในประเทศไทย(พ.ศ.2558–2560) [Master Plan for the Development of Ethnic Groups in Thailand 2015–2017] (PDF) (in Thai). Bangkok: Ministry of Social Development and Human Security. 2015. pp. 1 & 29.
- ^ "phuket1.xls". National Statistical Office (Thailand).
- ^ "Descendants of the White-Blooded Lady". Phuket Heritage. Lestari Heritage Network. Archived from the original on 2008-06-16.
- ^ "ranong1.xls". National Statistical Office (Thailand).
- ^ Institute of South East Asian Studies. The South East Asian Review, 1976. The Institute of South East Asian Studies. p. 167.
- ISBN 81-261-0403-1.
- ISBN 1-56324-813-1.
- ^ Che Man (1990)
- ^ Fraser, Thomas M. (1960). Rusembilan: A Malay Fishing Village in Southern Thailand. Cornell Studies in Anthropology, I. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. p. 88.
- ^ Yegar (2002), pp. 79–80