Editing Mainland Southeast Asia (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Ethnolinguistic Groups of Mainland Southeast Asia.png|thumb|right|190px|[[Ethnic groups of Southeast Asia|Ethnolinguistic groups]] of mainland Southeast Asia]]
Mainland Southeast Asia contrasts with [[Maritime Southeast Asia]], mainly through the division of largely land-based lifestyles in Indochina and the sea-based lifestyles of the [[Indonesian archipelago]] and [[Philippine archipelago]], as well as the dividing line between the [[Austroasiatic languages|Austroasiatic]], [[Tai–Kadai languages|Tai–Kadai]], and [[Sino-Tibetan languages]] (spoken in Mainland Southeast Asia) and the [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]] languages (spoken in Maritime Southeast Asia). The languages of the mainland form the [[Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area]]: although belonging to several independent language families, they have converged over the course of history and share a number of typological similarities.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

The countries of mainland Southeast Asia received cultural influence from both India and China to varying degrees.<ref name="HMDOG">{{cite book|title=The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary Of Geography|year=1997|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company|isbn=0-395-86448-8|editor=Marion Severynse|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/houghtonmifflind00houg}}</ref> Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand are all influenced by [[Indian culture]], only Vietnam is influenced by [[Chinese culture]] but still has minor influences from India, largely via the [[Champa]] civilization that Vietnam conquered during its southward expansion.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

Overall, Mainland Southeast Asia is predominantly [[Buddhist]]<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia| publisher = Central Intelligence Agency| title = Malaysia| encyclopedia = The World Factbook| date = 2016-09-28| url = https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/malaysia/| access-date = 24 January 2021| archive-date = 15 October 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211015225421/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/malaysia/| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia| publisher = Central Intelligence Agency| title = Thailand| encyclopedia = The World Factbook| date = 2016-09-28| url = https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/thailand/| access-date = 24 January 2021| archive-date = 10 June 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210610164345/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/thailand/| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |title=Myanmar |encyclopedia=The World Factbook |date=2016-09-28 |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/burma/ |access-date=24 January 2021 |archive-date=1 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201171209/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/burma/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia| publisher = Central Intelligence Agency| title = Cambodia| encyclopedia = The World Factbook| date = 2016-09-28| url = https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cambodia/| access-date = 24 January 2021| archive-date = 10 June 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210610095311/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cambodia/| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia| publisher = Central Intelligence Agency| title = Vietnam| encyclopedia = The World Factbook| date = 2016-09-28| url = https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/vietnam/| access-date = 24 January 2021| archive-date = 10 June 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210610173010/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/vietnam/| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite report| publisher = U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor| title = 2008 Report on International Religious Freedom| access-date = 2016-12-19| date = September 2008| url = https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2008| archive-date = 6 July 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190706154039/https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2008/| url-status = live}}</ref> with minority [[Muslims|Muslim]] and [[Hindus|Hindu]] populations.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=SIDDIQUE|first=SHARON|date=1981|title=Some Aspects of Malay-Muslim Ethnicity in Peninsular Malaysia|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25797648|journal=Contemporary Southeast Asia|volume=3|issue=1|pages=76–87|jstor=25797648|issn=0129-797X|access-date=27 July 2021|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401140444/https://www.jstor.org/stable/25797648|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Minority Muslim Experience in Mainland Southeast Asia: A Different Path|url=https://www.routledge.com/The-Minority-Muslim-Experience-in-Mainland-Southeast-Asia-A-Different-Path/Goodman/p/book/9781032005171|access-date=2021-07-27|website=Routledge & CRC Press|language=en|archive-date=27 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427161138/https://www.routledge.com/The-Minority-Muslim-Experience-in-Mainland-Southeast-Asia-A-Different-Path/Goodman/p/book/9781032005171|url-status=live}}</ref>