Malay, Pattani | Ethnologue

A language of Thailand

ISO 639: mfa
Alternate Names: Jawi, Jawi-Malay, Yawi, oré Jawi
Autonym: ภาษายาวี‎ (Baso Jawi)
Population: 1,470,000 (2010 census).
Location:: Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala provinces; Songkhla province: Saba Yoi and Thepha districts.
Language Status: 5 (Developing).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Malay
Dialects: None known. Different from Kedah Malay [meo] and Standard Malay [zsm]. Also different from Patani [ptn]. A member of macrolanguage Malay [msa].
Language Use: Some young people don’t use the full spectrum of Pattani Malay [mfa] vocabulary anymore that their grandparents and parents use. However, young people can undertand Pattani Malay [mfa]. Young people use more Thai [tha] now in their daily life especially in primary school. Used by all. Most also use Thai [tha]. Used as L2 by Jehai [jhi].
Language Development: Taught in primary schools, but only in some pilot schools. Literature. Dictionary. NT: 1981.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Malay, Pattani
Writing: Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Thai script [Thai].
Other Comments: Preferable ethnonym: Jawi or Jawi-Malay. Ethnic autonym: oré Jawi. Muslim.

Location: Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala provinces; Songkhla province: Saba Yoi and Thepha districts.