Orang Melayu Thai
Oghe Nayu Thai
Surin Pitsuwan
Sompong Soleb
Denkaosan Kaovichit
Chairat Madsiri
Total population
1.9 million (2006 estimate)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Thailand
Languages
Pattani Malay, Thai, Kedahan Malay
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Malaysian Malay (especially in Kelantan, Terengganu, Perlis and Kedah), Burmese Malays, Malays
Thai Malays (Malay: Melayu Thai, Thai: ไทยเชื้อสายมลายู, Yawi: ملايو تاي) is a term used to refer to ethnic Malays in Thailand. Thailand hosts the third largest ethnic Malay population after Malaysia and Indonesia, and most Malays are concentrated in the Southern provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala, Songkhla, and Satun.