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is separated from the island of Sumatra by the Straits of Malacca. To the east across the South China Sea lies the island of Borneo.

The area is divided politically:

• the northwest is the extreme south part of Myanmar
• the central region and northeast is the south part of Thailand
• most of the south is the part of Malaysia called Peninsular Malaysia or West Malaysia (which should not be confused with the larger Malay Peninsula).
• the southern tip is the independent republic of SingaporeThe Republic of Singapore ( Chinese , pinyin: Xinjiapo Gonghegu Malay Republik Singapura Tamil , Cingkappur Kudiyarasu , is an island city-state in Southeast Asia, at latitude 1°17'35"N longitude 103°51'20"E, situated on the southern tip of Malay Peninsul.

In 19111911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January-June January 1 Northern Territory is separated from South Australia January 3 In London, a shootout between Russian anarchists and the Scots Guard January 10 Major Jimmi two of the aboriginal tribes were the SemangThe Semang are the Pygmy-sized Negritos of the Malay peninsula. They are probably the indigenous peoples of this area, and have been recorded to have lived here since before the 200s. They are a fairly pure branch of the woolly-haired Negrito race, which, who are NegritoThe Negritos include the Atis, and at least 5 other tribes of the Philippines, the Semang of the Malay peninsula, and 12 Andamanese tribes of the Andaman Islands. The Malay term for them is orang asli or original people''. They are likely the indigenous p, and the Sakai . Neither are currently BumiputraBumiputra (Sanskrit, translated literally, it means "sons of the Earth") or sometimes spelled as Bumiputera is an official definition widely used in Malaysia, embracing ethnic Malays as well as other indigenous ethnic groups. Definition In conventional se under the laws of Malaysia.

The Malay term Tanah Melayu is still occasionally used in political discourse to describe uniting all Malay peopleThe Malays are the dominant race which live in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines which, together with Singapore, make up what is called the Malay archipelago. The Malays are traditionally classified as a member of the Mongoloid race, along w on the peninsula under one Malay nation, although this ambition was largely realized with the creation of Malaysia. Some discontent remains, however, as the largely Malay former Pattani kingdomThe kingdom of Patani was a Malay state approximately covering the area of the modern Thai provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat. The kingdom embraced Islam in the 11th century and thereafter enjoying varying degrees of independence until the early 20 is now a part of Thailand.