Brokpa
Minaro | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 3,000–4,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Ladakh | |
| Languages | |
| Brokskat | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly: Buddhism; Minority: Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Indo-Aryan peoples |
The Brokpa (Tibetan: འབྲོག་པ་, Wylie: ’brog pa, THL: drok pa), sometimes called Minaro, is an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group mostly found in the Indian-administered union territory of Ladakh around the villages of Dha and Hanu. Some of the community is also across the Line of Control in the Pakistan-administered Baltistan, in the villages around Ganokh. They speak an Indo-Aryan language called Brokskat. The Brokpa are mostly Vajrayana Buddhist but some are Muslim.