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Bhutia
Linguistic group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Bhutia (disambiguation).
The Bhutia (བོད་རིགས; Sikkimese: Drenjongpa/Drenjop; Tibetan: འབྲས་ལྗོངས་པ་, Wylie: Bras-ljongs-pa; "inhabitants of Sikkim") are a community of Sikkimese people living in the state of Sikkim in northeastern India, who speak Drenjongke or Sikkimese, a Tibetic language fairly mutually intelligible with standard Tibetan. In 2001, the Bhutia numbered around 60,300. Bhutia here refers to people of Tibetic ancestry.
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![]() A man from bhutia tribe in 1860s. Here he can be seen wearing a "Tibetan Amulet" to protect him from evil spirits. | |
Total population | |
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60,300 (2001)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | 41,889[2] |
![]() | 10,087 |
![]() | 6000 |
![]() | 4293 |
Languages | |
Sikkimese, Nepali, Dzongkha, Tibetan | |
Religion | |
Buddhism, Bön | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Tibetan, Bhotiya, Sherpa people |
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