Bhotiya
Bhotiya or Bhot (Nepali: भोटिया, Bhotiyā) is an Indian and Nepali exonym lumping together various ethnic groups speaking Tibetic languages, as well as some groups speaking other Tibeto-Burman languages living in the Transhimalayan region that divides India from Tibet. The word Bhotiya comes from the classical Tibetan name for Tibet, བོད, bod. The Bhotiya speak numerous languages including Ladakhi. The Indian recognition of such language is Bhoti / Bhotia having Tibetan scripts and it lies in the Parliament of India to become one of the official languages through Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
A Bhotia man | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 13,397 (2011) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Nepal and India | |
| Nepal | 13,397 (2011) |
| Languages | |
| Ladakhi, Sherpa, Standard Tibetan and other Tibetic languages, also Nepali and Hindi | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism 98.32% (2011), Hinduism 1% (2011), Christianity 0,5% (2011) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bhutia, Tibetan, Uttarakhand Bhotiya, Ngalop, Tshangla people | |
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