Bhotiya
A Bhotiya family | |
| 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, Hinduism (2011), Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bhutia, Sherpa, Ladakhis, Tibetan, Uttarakhand Bhotiya, Ngalop, Tshangla people | |
Bhotiya or Bhot (Nepali: भोटिया, Bhotiyā), Bhotiyā) is an Indian and Nepali exonym used to refer to 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 local name for Tibet, བོད, bod. The Bhotiya speak numerous languages including Ladakhi, Drejongke, Yolmo and Sherpa. 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.