Patani Malays

Ethnic group

Patani Malays (Thai: มลายูปัตตานี, Jawi: ملايو ڤتاني‎, Pattani Malay: Nayu Taning, Malay: Melayu Patani) are an ethnolinguistic Malay Muslim community native to the southern border provinces of Thailand, particularly Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat, and parts of Songkhla. They form part of the wider Malay world (Alam Melayu) and share close linguistic, cultural, and religious ties with Malays in the northern Malaysian states of Kelantan and Terengganu.