Malay, Kedah

MEO

wider communication

Alternate Names: Satun Malay

Dialects: None known. Distinct from Pattani Malay , and Standard Malay ,. A member of macrolanguage Malay ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Malayo-Chamic
Malayic
Malay

Demographics: 2,600,000 in Malaysia (2004).

Language Use: Also use Thai [tha].

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Malaysia

Other Comments: More use Thai , than Pattani Malay. Most outside contacts are with Thai population centers in Songkhla, Phattalung, and Haad Yai; with west coast Malay states of Perlis and Kedah. Culturally Malay. May be a dialect of Malay ,.