Kelantanese Malay people

Kelantanese Malay people
Oghe Kelate / Oghe Klate
Melayu Kelantan / ملايو كلنتن

A Kelantanese Malay woman with children in traditional attire, 1908.
Total population
(1,387,000)
Regions with significant populations
Kelantan, Malaysia and significant populations in Southern Thailand, Gerik, Perak and Besut, Terengganu
Languages
Kelantan-Pattani Malay (native), Malaysian (in Malaysia), Thai language (in Thailand, also includes Southern Thai variant)
Religion
Islam (Shafi'i branch of Sunni Islam)
Related ethnic groups
Terengganu Malays, Thai Malays, Pahang Malays

Kelantanese Malays (Malaysian: Orang Melayu Kelantan, Kelantanese: Oghe Kelate) 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 forms 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.

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.