东南亚的印度人及其历史变迁

Indians in Southeast Asia and Its Changes in History

在东南亚,印度人是一个人口数量仅次于华人的第二大外来移民群体,遍及东南亚的每一个国家。东南亚的印度人是在不同历史时期从印度次大陆迁入东南亚的,在人种和语言等方面都有不少的差异,因此,广义的印度人实际上包涵了众多的种族和民族。虽然如此,这些来自印度次大陆的不同种族和民族,都或多或少地经受过印度文化的熏陶,他们在来到东南亚之后有着某种程度的文化认同,东南亚各国的本地居民也都把他们视为一个大的群体。

With its population size just to be second only to oversea Chinese in Southeast Asia,Indian is the second-largest immigrant group which pervades every Southeast Asia countries.The Indians immigrate into Southeast Asia from India subcontinent during different period which result in their diversity in ethnic group and languages.Generalized Indian includes mass ethnic group and origin diversity accordingly.Nevertheless,they influenced by Indian culture more or less and hold culture identity to some extent after their immigration into Southeast Asia,and are recoganized as a big group by the resident people of Southeast Asian countries.