Cultural Identity
The cultural identity of the region is seen as part of 'Farther India' or Greater India, as seen in Coedes' 'Indianized states of Southeast Asia', which refers to it as 'Island Southeast Asia'; while other authorities see it is as partly (or heavily, in the case of Singapore) sinicised, and yet others even suggest its own identity within Austronesia or Oceania.
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