Yawi is the transcription of the Thai word ยาวี, which Thai people understand to be the Patani Malay language (or Bahasa Melayu Patani in Malay). The name of the language might more accurately be transcribed to Jawi as that is how it is rendered using the Arabic alphabet. However, as the Thai letter ย is normally transcribed as 'y', the romanized "Yawi" is not entirely in error. Pattani (Thai ปัตตานี) is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ... Current distribution of Human Language Families A language family is a group of related languages said to have descended from a common proto-language. ... The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages. ... The Malay language, also known locally as Bahasa Melayu or Bahasa Malaysia, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people who reside in the Malay Peninsula, southern Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, central eastern Sumatra, the Riau islands, and parts of the coast of Borneo. ... The Malay language (Malay: Bahasa Melayu; Jawi script: بهاس ملايو), is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people who reside in the Malay Peninsula, southern Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, central eastern Sumatra, the Riau islands, parts of the coast of Borneo and even in the Netherlands[1]. It is an official... Local Malay languages are a group of closely related languages that are the results of Malay outposts across Malaysia and Indonesia. ... ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ... ISO 639-2 is the second part of the ISO 639 standard, which lists codes for the representation of the names of languages. ... ISO 639-3 is in process of development as an international standard for language codes. ... Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... Phonetics (from the Greek word φωνή, phone meaning sound, voice) is the study of the sounds of human speech. ... Unicode is an industry standard designed to allow text and symbols from all of the writing systems of the world to be consistently represented and manipulated by computers. ... The Malay language (Malay: Bahasa Melayu; Jawi script: بهاس ملايو), is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people who reside in the Malay Peninsula, southern Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, central eastern Sumatra, the Riau islands, parts of the coast of Borneo and even in the Netherlands[1]. It is an official... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Yawi. ... The Arabic alphabet is the script used for writing languages such as Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and others. ... Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ...

Yawi is widely spoken in the southern Thailand provinces of Narathiwat, Yala, Pattani, and some areas in Songkhla. It is estimated that there are three million Yawi (Patani Malay) speakers [1]. Narathiwat (Thai นราธิวาส) is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ... Yala (Thai ยะลา) is the southernmost province (changwat) of Thailand. ... Pattani (Thai ปัตตานี) is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ... Songkhla (Thai: ) is the one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ...

Patani Malay is a dialect of Malay and utilizes Jawi in writing. Hence, it is unintelligible to most Thais. Malay and possibly Patani Malay once had influence as far north as Isthmus of Kra, Phuket (originated from the Malay word bukit or "hill") and Surat Thani during the times of Srivijaya. In fact, a large number place names in southern Thailand are of Malay origin. The Kra Isthmus is the narrow landbridge which connects the Malay Peninsula with the mainland of Asia. ... Phuket (Thai ภูเก็ต) is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ... Surat Thani (often in short Surat, Thai: ) is the largest of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand, on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Thailand. ... Map of Southeast Asia at end of 12th century. ...

The Patani Malay dialect is similar to that of Kelantanese Malay. State motto: Berserah kepada Tuhan Kerajaan Kelantan State anthem: Selamat Sultan Capital (and royal capital) Kota Bharu Ruling party PAS  - Sultan Tuanku Ismail Petra  - Menteri Besar Nik Aziz Nik Mat History    - Siamese control 1603   - British control 1909   - Japanese occupation 1942-1946   - Accession into Federation of Malaya 1948  Area  - Total 14...