Malay, Kedah
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A language of Malaysia
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Kedahan Malay, Satun Malay
Autonym
Pelat Utagha
Population
2,600,000 in Malaysia (2004).
Location
Kedah, Perak, Perlis, and Pulau Pinang states.
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Language Status
3 (Wider communication).
Dialects
Language Use
Also use Thai [tha].
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
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].