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Southeast Asia
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South-East Asia South East Asia
English
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Alternative forms
en South-East Asia South East Asia
Pronunciation
en en-us-Southeast Asia.ogg US
Proper noun
southeast Asia
en Q11708en geographic region cont/Asia comprising the territories of Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
en Nanyang Southeastern Asia Farther India
John Malathronas Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn? https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/learn-a-foreign-language-wellness 2021-04-25 Malay is the lingua franca of several Southeast Asia countries and has been simplified by its use as a second language by non-native speakers.For example, the Malay plural is formed by repeating a word twice – buku means book and buku-buku means books. https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023413/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/learn-a-foreign-language-wellness
Usage notes
The nation of Bangladesh and the states of Northeast India may also be included in this group.
Holonyms
Asia, Eurasia, Afro-Eurasia, World
Coordinate terms
Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia, South Asia, West Asia
Derived terms
en Island Southeast Asia
en Southeast Asian
Translations
a subregion of Asia
Arabic: ar جَنُوب شَرْق آسِيَا m
Azerbaijani: az Cənub-Şərqi Asiya
Belarusian: be Паўднёва-Усхо́дняя Азія f
Bengali: bn দক্ষিণ পূর্ব এশিয়া
Bikol:
Central Bikol: bcl Habagatan-subangan na Asya
Bulgarian: bg Югоизто́чна А́зия f
Burmese: my အရှေ့တောင်အာရှ
Catalan: ca Àsia Sud-oriental f
Cebuano: ceb Habagatang-sidlakang Asya
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 東南亞 dung1 naam4 aa3
Hokkien: nan-hbl 東南亞 Tang-lâm-a
Mandarin: cmn 東南亞 Dōngnán-Yà, cmn 南洋 Nányáng
Czech: cs Jihovýchodní Asie m
Danish: da Sydøstasien
Dutch: nl Zuidoost-Azië
Esperanto: eo Sud-Orienta Azio
Estonian: et Kagu-Aasia
Faroese: fo Landsynningsasia
Finnish: fi Kaakkois-Aasia
Franco-Provençal: frp Asia du Sud-Levant
French: fr Asie du Sud-Est f, fr Asie sud-orientale f
Galician: gl Sueste asiático
Georgian: ka სამხრეთ-აღმოსავლეთი აზია
German: de Südostasien n
Greek: el Νοτιοανατολική Ασία f
Hebrew: he דרום-מזרח אסיה
Hindi: hi दक्षिणपूर्व एशिया m
Hungarian: hu Délkelet-Ázsia
Icelandic: is Suðaustur-Asía
Indonesian: id Asia Tenggara
Italian: it Sud-est asiatico m, it Asia sudorientale f
Japanese: ja 東南アジア Tōnan Ajia
Kannada: kn ಆಗ್ನೇಯ ಏಷ್ಯಾ
Khmer: km អាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍, km អាស៊ីភាគអាគ្នេយ៍
Korean: ko ^동남(東南)아시아, ko ^동남아(東南亞)
Lao: lo ອາຊີອາຄະເນ
Latvian: lv Dienvidaustrumāzija f
Lithuanian: lt Pietryčių Azija f
Malay: ms Asia Tenggara
Malayalam: ml തെക്ക് കിഴക്ക് ഏഷ്യ
Marathi: mr दक्षिण पूर्व एशिया n
Mongolian: mn Зүүн Өмнөд Ази
Nepali: ne दक्षिण पूर्व एशिया n
Norwegian: no Sørøst-Asia
Odia: or ଦକ୍ଷିଣପୂର୍ବ ଏସିଆ
Persian: fa آسیای جنوب شرقی âsiyâ-ye jonub-e šarġi
Classical Persian: fa-cls زیربادات
Polish: pl Azja Południowo-Wschodnia f
Portuguese: pt Sueste asiático m, pt Sudeste asiático m
Punjabi: pa
Romanian: ro Asia de Sud-Est f
Russian: ru Ю́го-Восто́чная А́зия f
Sanskrit: sa दक्षिण पूर्व एशिया n
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Југоисточна Азија f
Latin: sh Jugoistočna Azija f
Sicilian: scn Asia dû Sud-est f
Sinhalese: si
Slovak: sk Juhovýchodná Ázia f
Slovene: sl Jugovzhodna Azija f
Spanish: es Sureste Asiático m, es Asia Sudoriental f
Swahili: sw Asia ya Kusini-Mashariki
Swedish: sv Sydostasien
Tagalog: tl Timog-Silangang Asya
Tamil: ta தென்கிழக்காசியா
Telugu: te ఆగ్నేయ ఆసియా
Tetum: tet
Thai: th เอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้, th เอเชียอาคเนย์, th อุษาคเนย์
Tibetan: bo ཤར་གླིང་ལྷོ་ཤར
Turkish: tr Güneydoğu Asya
Turkmen: tk Günorta-Gündogar Aziýa
Ukrainian: uk Південно-Східна Азія f
Urdu: ur جنوب مشرقی ایشیا m
Uzbek: uz Janubi-Sharqiy Osiyo
Vietnamese: vi Đông Nam Á
Wolof: wo Bëj-saalum-penku Asi
See also
en SEA