To avoid confusion, I usually just refer to the nationality in question, Indian, Chinese, etc.
If I want to refer to Chinese, Japanese, Koreans collectively, I might say East Asian.
Similarly, for India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan, I might say South Asian, and for Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia, Southeast Asian.
I usually do the same as Tink. After many years in South East Asia, I think of them as Asian and Indians as Indians. I don't lump them all together as Asians.
U.S also have many ethnic groups but most of them are immigrants from other countries at one point of time. But in case of India, they belongs to the part of the land.
To avoid confusion, I usually just refer to the nationality in question, Indian, Chinese, etc.
If I want to refer to Chinese, Japanese, Koreans collectively, I might say East Asian.
Similarly, for India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan, I might say South Asian, and for Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia, Southeast Asian.
I usually do the same as Tink. After many years in South East Asia, I think of them as Asian and Indians as Indians. I don't lump them all together as Asians.
How about Northeast Indians who are part of India but looks mongoloid?
Good point Dan. Never have been to India and have never seen women who looked like that from there before. They almost look Burmese.
Northeast India
U.S also have many ethnic groups but most of them are immigrants from other countries at one point of time. But in case of India, they belongs to the part of the land.Indians and Iranians are Aryans. Arabs and Jews are Semits. Other people belong to Mongoloid race.
Asia is the biggest continent with various climate zones and a melting pot of various ethnic and language groups, civilisations and cultures:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Asia
Asia is a vast continent with many races of people living in it. Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan are Asian countries.
Russia is located in Europe and Asia.....