Names
The language is often referred to in Thai as Phasa Yawi (Thai: ภาษายาวี ), which is a corruption of the Malay name for the modified Arabic alphabet for writing Malay, Jawi (Yawi: جاوي, Rumi: Jawi, ). It is also referred to in Thai as Phasa Malayu Pattani (Thai: ภาษามลายูปัตตานี ) and similarly locally in Malay as Bahasa Malayu Patani (Jawi: بهاس ملايو ڤطاني, Rumi: Bahasa Melayu Patani, ). The dialect is often simply just called Bahasa Patani.
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