Origins
Proto-Malay models
Further information: History of Austronesian peoples, Homeland of Austronesian languages
Also known as Melayu asli (aboriginal Malays) or Melayu purba (ancient Malays), the Proto-Malays are of Austronesian origin and thought to have migrated to the Malay archipelago in a long series of migrations between 2500 and 1500 BC.[30] The Encyclopedia of Malaysia: Early History, has pointed out a total of three theories of the origin of Malays: