Melayu Proto

Proto-Malay - outdated British classification group that initially referred to three tribal group of Batak, Dayak, and Nias that originally from Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Nias islands. Article “Melayu Proto” in Malay Wikipedia has 35.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 7 references and 5 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Malay) language version.

Since the creation of article “Melayu Proto”, its content was written by 16 registered users of Malay Wikipedia (4455^th place) and edited by 188 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 154 times in Malay Wikipedia and cited 751 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Malay): #360 in November 2023
• Global: #101280 in April 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Malay): #2272 in December 2012
• Global: #93499 in September 2020

There are 14 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Proto-Malay		46.7198
2	Ukrainian (uk) Протомалайці		37.2286
3	Spanish (es) Protomalayo		36.3906
4	Russian (ru) Протомалайцы		36.315
5	Malay (ms) Melayu Proto		35.2921
6	Indonesian (id) Proto-Melayu		25.2104
7	Tamil (ta) மலாய மூதாதையர்		24.6908
8	Turkish (tr) Proto-Malay		22.4826
9	Japanese (ja) プロト・マレー		21.149
10	Vietnamese (vi) Cổ Mã Lai		18.7166

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Melayu Proto" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Indonesian (id) Proto-Melayu		790 779
2	English (en) Proto-Malay		322 509
3	Malay (ms) Melayu Proto		80 427
4	Vietnamese (vi) Cổ Mã Lai		25 041
5	Chinese (zh) 原馬來人		17 484
6	Russian (ru) Протомалайцы		16 836
7	Japanese (ja) プロト・マレー		12 762
8	Polish (pl) Proto-Malajowie		3 426
9	Spanish (es) Protomalayo		2 640
10	Tamil (ta) மலாய மூதாதையர்		1 903

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Melayu Proto" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Proto-Malay		1 299
2	Indonesian (id) Proto-Melayu		380
3	Malay (ms) Melayu Proto		179
4	Chinese (zh) 原馬來人		174
5	Japanese (ja) プロト・マレー		78
6	Russian (ru) Протомалайцы		65
7	Spanish (es) Protomalayo		23
8	Vietnamese (vi) Cổ Mã Lai		23
9	Tamil (ta) மலாய மூதாதையர்		11
10	Polish (pl) Proto-Malajowie		10

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Melayu Proto" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Proto-Malay		76
2	Indonesian (id) Proto-Melayu		34
3	Vietnamese (vi) Cổ Mã Lai		19
4	Malay (ms) Melayu Proto		16
5	Spanish (es) Protomalayo		7
6	Polish (pl) Proto-Malajowie		7
7	Chinese (zh) 原馬來人		7
8	Russian (ru) Протомалайцы		6
9	Tamil (ta) மலாய மூதாதையர்		5
10	Finnish (fi) Protomalaijit		4

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Melayu Proto" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Indonesian (id) Proto-Melayu		1
2	English (en) Proto-Malay		0
3	Spanish (es) Protomalayo		0
4	Finnish (fi) Protomalaijit		0
5	Japanese (ja) プロト・マレー		0
6	Korean (ko) 원시 말레이족		0
7	Malay (ms) Melayu Proto		0
8	Polish (pl) Proto-Malajowie		0
9	Russian (ru) Протомалайцы		0
10	Tamil (ta) மலாய மூதாதையர்		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Melayu Proto" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Proto-Malay		357
2	Malay (ms) Melayu Proto		154
3	Tamil (ta) மலாய மூதாதையர்		83
4	Indonesian (id) Proto-Melayu		53
5	Chinese (zh) 原馬來人		44
6	Vietnamese (vi) Cổ Mã Lai		20
7	Russian (ru) Протомалайцы		10
8	Japanese (ja) プロト・マレー		9
9	Korean (ko) 원시 말레이족		7
10	Finnish (fi) Protomalaijit		4

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#	Language	Value
en	English Proto-Malay
es	Spanish Protomalayo
fi	Finnish Protomalaijit
id	Indonesian Proto-Melayu
ja	Japanese プロト・マレー
ko	Korean 원시 말레이족
ms	Malay Melayu Proto
pl	Polish Proto-Malajowie
ru	Russian Протомалайцы
ta	Tamil மலாய மூதாதையர்
tr	Turkish Proto-Malay
uk	Ukrainian Протомалайці
vi	Vietnamese Cổ Mã Lai
zh	Chinese 原馬來人

Best Rank

Malay: #2272 12.2012

Global: #93499 09.2020

Best Rank

Malay: #360 11.2023

Global: #101280 04.2023

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