[6] Trang province, home to a sizeable Muslim population, also have many people who are of Malay descent.

Despite occasional subsequent rebellions, the policy was generally successful in ensuring peace until the beginning of the twentieth century.

[11][12] In Province Pattani, Narathiwat & Yala also known as 3 Malay regions/Province (kawasan 3 wilayah) having and practicing the same culture as the state of Kelantan, Malaysia.

The Bangkok, Kedahan and Pattani are closely related and shared many similar vocabularies but still mutually partly unintelligible.

With the introduction of Islam to Southeast Asia, the Malays use a modified version of the Arabic script known as Jawi.