a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages

of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago; "Malay peoples"; "Malayan syllable structure"

The Malay Chicken is a very large breed of fowl that is originally from Asia. The word "Malay" refers to an ethnic race populating South East Asia as well as the Malay Archipelago. Commercial egg or meat production facilities are sourced from poultry chicken because the Malay Chicken are usually found only in the rural areas and villages.