_(14583575210).jpg) A Kelantanese Malay woman with children in traditional attire, 1908. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Between 2 million[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Malaysia (Kelantan, Gerik and Besut) Thailand (Southern Thailand) | |
| Languages | |
| Kelantan-Pattani Malay (native) Malay (Malaysia), Thai, Southern Thai (Thailand) | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam (Shafi'i branch) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Malays |
Kelantanese Malays (Malay: Orang Melayu Kelantan, Kelantanese: Oghe Nayu Klate) are a sub-ethnic group of Malays native to the state of Kelantan, Malaysia as well as in Northern Terengganu (in the districts of Besut and Northern Setiu). The Kelantanese Malays are closely related to Thai Malays (especially those in Pattani, Narathiwat, Yala and some parts in Phattalung and Nakhon Si Thammarat provinces) and Terengganuan Malays in neighbouring Terengganu, these two Malay sub-ethnic groups shared historical, cultural and linguistic as well as kinship ties with the Kelantanese Malays. Kelantanese Malays form 94% of Kelantan's population, which makes them the largest ethnic group in Kelantan (other ethnic groups also lives in the state such as Kelantanese Chinese and Peranakans, Siamese, Tamils, Temiars and others) and around 150,000 in Besut, Terengganu.[1]
The Kelantanese Malays, along with Terengganuan Malays and Pahang Malays (and sometimes Thai Malays and the Malays of Anambas islands and Natuna islands in Indonesia) are collectively referred to as the Orang Pantai Timur (People of the East Coast) which have a distinct identity than those of other parts of Malaysia, especially those in the North, South and Western coasts of Peninsular Malaysia.
- ^ a b "Laporan Kiraan Permulaan 2010". Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia. p. 27. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved 2016-02-07.