Malay Indonesian
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| Malay Indonesians Melayu Indonesia |
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| Tuanku Sultan Otteman II, a Malay sultan of Sultanate of Deli, whose royal capital was in Medan, North Sumatra |
| Total population |
| Regions with significant populations |
| South Sumatra: 2,139,000 Riau: 1,880,240 Bangka-Belitung: 936,000 Jambi: 914,660 North Sumatra: 582,100 West Kalimantan: 325,864 Bengkulu: 125,120 |
| Languages |
| Malay, Indonesian |
| Religions |
| Islam |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Malays (ethnic group) |
Malay Indonesians (Malay and Indonesian: Melayu Indonesia) are ethnic Malays living throughout Indonesia, as one of the indigenous peoples of the island nation. Indonesia has the second largest ethnic Malay population after Malaysia. Historically, Indonesian, the national language of Indonesia, was derived from the Malay spoken in Riau, a province in eastern Sumatra. There were a number of Malay kingdoms in Indonesia that covered the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan, of which some of the well-known ones were Srivijaya, Melayu Kingdom, Sultanate of Deli, Johor-Riau and the Sultanate of Sambas.
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