Yakkha people

This article is about the ethnic group of the Himalayas. For the mythological creature, see Yaksha.
Not to be confused with the Yaka people of Congo.
Yakkha, Dewan
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याक्खा
Yakkha women in traditional dress
Total population
  Nepal 17,460 (2021)
Sikkim India193 (2006)
Languages
Yakkha language, Nepali
Religion
Majority: •Kiratism 80% Minority: •Hinduism 20%
Related ethnic groups

The Yakkha or Dewan (Nepali याक्खा, Yākkhā) are an indigenous ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent, mainly in modern-day Nepal and present-day India (related to other Kirat groups, like the Limbu, Sunuwar, Rai, and more distantly all other Sino-Tibetan peoples). It is one of the descendants of Nepal's prehistoric Kirat dynasty. The Yakkha people are subsistence farmers who inhabit the lower Arun valley in eastern Nepal. They number only a few thousand and their language is nearly extinct.They are closely related to Limbu people.

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