Malay, Kedah | Ethnologue

A language of Malaysia

ISO 639: meo
Alternate Names: Kedahan Malay, Satun Malay
Autonym: Pelat Utagha
Population: 2,600,000 in Malaysia (2004).
Location:: Kedah, Perak, Perlis, and Pulau Pinang states.
Language Status: 3 (Wider communication).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Malay
Dialects: None known. Distinct from Pattani Malay [mfa] and Standard Malay [zsm]. A member of macrolanguage Malay [msa].
Language Use: Also use Thai [tha].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Malay, Kedah
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: More use Thai [tha] 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 [zlm].

Thailand

Location: A few villages near Satun. Isolated.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous)
Other Comments: More people in the area speak Thai than Pattani [mfa]. Most outside contacts in Thai centers of Songkhla, Phattalung, and Haad Yai; with west coast Malay states of Perlis and Kedah. Culturally Malay. Muslim.

Location: Kedah, Perak, Perlis, and Pulau Pinang states.