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Bhutia (other)
Bhutia are a community of Tibetan people in Sikkim, India. Bhutia may also refer to: *Bhutia language, a language used in Bhutan and India. *Bhutia (surname), a surname used by the people **Bhaichung Bhutia, an Indian footballer *Bhutia Horse, a breed of small mountain horse from Sikkim, India *Bhutia Busty, a town in West Bengal, India **Bhutia Busty Monastery in Bhutia Busty *Bhaichung Bhutia Football Schools, a football youth development initiative in India *Nepali Bhutia Lepcha, a political party in Sikkim, India See also *Bhotia (other) *Sikkimese (other), language spoken by the Bhutia *Bhutani (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhutia
The Bhutias (exonym; Nepali: भुटिया, "People from Tibet") or Drejongpas (endonym; , THL: dre-jong pa, "People of the Rice Valley") are a Tibetan ethnic group native to the Indian state of Sikkim who speak Drejongke, a Tibetic language which descends from old Tibetan. The majority of Bhutias live in Sikkim, while a significant number also reside in the Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts of northern West Bengal and in countries such as Nepal and Bhutan. Language The language spoken by the Bhutias of Sikkim is Drejongke, a Tibetic language which has a lexical similarity of 65% with Dzongkha, the language of Bhutan. By comparison, Drejongke is only 42% lexically similar with Standard Tibetan. Sikkimese has also been influenced to some degree by the neighboring Yolmo and Tamang languages. History Migration from Tibet to Sikkim in small numbers occurred since the 8th century. However, the 13th century saw an increase in migrations as many clans came with Gy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
