Ethnic groups in Bhutan

ethnic group lives in Northeastern India and Southwestern China

Indigenous native ethnic group of Nepal

East Asian ethnic group

Bhutanese people of Nepalese descent

Ethnic group, indigenous native from Nepal

Tibetan origin people in Bhutan

thumb|A Bhutia woman with precious coral headdress, agate Buddhist prayer beads, turquoise earrings and silk chuba before 1915 in Darjeeling

The Sharchops (, ; "Easterner") are the populations of mixed Tibetan, Southeast Asian and South Asian descent that mostly live in the eastern districts of Bhutan.

thumb|right|250px|A senior official in Sikkim, ethnic Bhotiya, 1938

peoples of Bhutan

The Layap (Dzongkha: ལ་ཡཔ་) are an indigenous people inhabiting the high mountains of northwest Bhutan in the village of Laya, in the Gasa District, at an altitude of , just below the Tsendagang peak. Their population in 2003 stood at 1,100. They speak Layakha, a Tibeto-Burman language. Layaps refer to their homeland as Be-yul – "the hidden land."

indigenous group of Nepal

tribe in Bhutan

subgroup of Mongpa people