Kelantan-Pattani Malay

Kelantan-Pattani Malay
Baso/Kecek Taning Baso/Kecek Klate Baso/Kecek Nayu (only in Thailand)
ภาษายาวี بهاس ملايو ڤطاني / كلنتن‎ Bahasa Melayu Kelantan/Pattani
Native to	Malaysia, Thailand
Region	Malaysia: Kelantan Merapoh, Pahang Besut and Setiu, Terengganu Baling, Sik and Padang Terap, Kedah Hulu Perak (Pengkalan Hulu and Grik), Perak Thailand: Patani region, Songkhla Province (Sabayoi, Chana, Nathawi, Thepha), Minburi area (Min Buri), Lat Krabang, Khlongsamwa, Nong Chok)
Ethnicity	Patani Malays Bangkok Malays Kelantanese Malays Baling Malay Grik Malay Reman Malays
Native speakers	1.5 million in Thailand (2010)[1] 2 million in Malaysia[citation needed]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Malayic Kelantan-Pattani Malay
Writing system	Latin script, Thai script, Jawi script
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Thailand
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mfa Pattani
Glottolog	patt1249
Majority language   Minority language
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Kelantan-Pattani Malay (Malay: bahasa Melayu Kelantan/Patani; Thai: ภาษายาวี; baso Taning in Pattani; kecek Klate in Kelantan) is an Austronesian language of the Malayic subfamily spoken in the Malaysian state of Kelantan, as well as in Besut and Setiu districts of Terengganu state and the Perhentian Islands, and in the southernmost provinces of Thailand. It is the primary spoken language of Thai Malays, but is also used as a lingua franca by ethnic Southern Thais in rural areas, Muslim and non-Muslim and the Sam-Sam, a mostly Thai-speaking population of mixed Malay and Thai ancestry.

Kelantan-Pattani Malay is highly divergent from other Malay varieties because of its geographical isolation from the rest of the Malay world by high mountains, deep rainforests and the Gulf of Thailand. In Thailand, it is also influenced by Thai.

Kelantanese-Pattani Malay is distinct enough that radio broadcasts in Standard Malay cannot be understood easily by native speakers of Kelantan-Pattani Malay, such as those in Thailand, who are not taught the standard variety of the language. Unlike Malaysia where Standard Malay is compulsory in the school curriculum, no one is required to learn Standard Malay in Thailand and so there is potentially less language influence from Standard Malay but potentially more from Thai. It is also distinct from Kedah Malay, Pahang Malay and Terengganu Malay, but those languages are much more closely related to the Kelantanese-Pattani Malay language than Standard Malay.