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Indigenous peoples of Sikkim

Index Indigenous peoples of Sikkim

The indigenous peoples of Sikkim include the Lepchas and the Bhutias. [1]

12 relations: Bhutia, History of Sikkim, Kabi Lungchok, Lepcha people, Limbu people, List of indigenous peoples, List of tributaries of China, Mun (religion), Sikkim, Sikkimese, Sikkimese language, Sikkimese people.

Bhutia

The Bhutia བོད་རིགས (Drenjongpa / Drenjop;; "inhabitants of Sikkim"; in Bhutan: Dukpa) are a community of people of Tibetan ancestry, who speak Lhopo or Sikkimese, a Tibetan dialect fairly mutually intelligible with standard Tibetan.

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History of Sikkim

The history of Sikkim an area in present-day North-East India, began in 1642 as a kingdom established when India and Nepal were still many princely states with many rulers at that time and had not unified to the present Union of India and present country of Nepal.

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Kabi Lungchok

Kabi Lungchok is a historic site of significance, which is located north of Gangtok on the Northern Highway in northeastern Indian state of Sikkim.

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Lepcha people

The Lepcha are also called the Rongkup meaning the children of God and the Rong, Mútuncí Róngkup Rumkup (Lepcha: ᰕᰫ་ᰊᰪᰰ་ᰆᰧᰶ ᰛᰩᰵ་ᰀᰪᰱ ᰛᰪᰮ་ᰀᰪᰱ; "beloved children of the Róng and of God"), and Rongpa (Sikkimese), are among the indigenous peoples of Sikkim and number between 30,000 and 50,000.

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Limbu people

The Limbu (ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ) (exonym) or Yakthung (endonym) are Kirati people indigenous and native to their homeland himalayas, hills, mountainous and plains regions of Limbuwan.

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List of indigenous peoples

This is a partial list of the world's indigenous / aboriginal / native people.

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List of tributaries of China

This list of tributary states of China encompasses suzerain kingdoms from China in Europe, Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and Southeast Asia.

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Mun (religion)

Mun or Munism (also called Bongthingism) is the traditional polytheistic, animist, shamanistic, and syncretic religion of the Lepcha people.

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Sikkim

Sikkim is a state in Northeast India.

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Sikkimese

Sikkimese may refer to.

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Sikkimese language

The Sikkimese language, also called "Sikkimese Tibetan", "Bhutia", "Drenjongké" ("Rice Valley language"), Dranjoke, Denjongka, Denzongpeke, and Denzongke, belongs to the Southern Tibetic languages.

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Sikkimese people

Sikkimese are people who inhabit the Indian state of Sikkim.

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Native Sikkimese.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_Sikkim

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