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Also Known As	Orang Melayu
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Thailand: Malays, upland peoples, and new immigrants

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Dato’ Onn bin Jaafar

Malaysian politician

Sayyid Shaykh bin Ahmad al-Hadi

Malaysian writer

Fay-Cooper Cole

American anthropologist

Walter William Skeat

British anthropologist