Pattani Malay, often referred to in Thailand as Yawi, is a dialect of standard Malay(Bahasa Malaysia) spoken in the southern most provinces of Thailand along the border of Malaysia(Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and including some of Songkhla districts). Pattani Malay itself is generally not a written language, but it is sometimes written in informal settings. When writing is needed, an old-fashioned variety of Standard Malay is used. It is written in a modified form of the Arabic alphabet adapted for writing Malay, known as Jawi. This is also the norm for written communication across the border in Kelantan(Malaysia).