Riau Malays
Orang Melayu Riau ملايو رياو | |
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Traditional Riau Malays wedding dress. | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Indonesia ( Riau • Riau Islands • North Sumatra • Jambi • Bengkulu) Malaysia ( Johor • Malacca) | |
| Indonesia | 2,610,890 |
| Malaysia | 116,000 |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Malays | |
Riau Malays (Malay: Orang Melayu Riau, Jawi: ملايو رياو) are a sub-group of Malays native to the provinces of Riau and the Riau Islands of eastern Sumatra, Indonesia. They only make up 29% of the population of the Riau Islands, and around 45% of the population of Riau. Riau Malays, especially in the coastal areas of Riau and the Riau Islands, share the same cultural, historical and linguistic backgrounds with Johorean and Singaporean Malays due to their common Malaccan origin in the 15th century.