Bhotiya

Also known as Bhotiyas, Bhotiya people

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

Key facts

Ethnic group.group: Bhotiya
Ethnic group.image: Bhotiya family.jpg
Ethnic group.caption: A Bhotiya family
Ethnic group.population: 13,397 (2011)
Ethnic group.popplace: and
Ethnic group.pop1: 13,397 (2011)
Ethnic group.langs: Ladakhi, Sherpa, Standard Tibetan and other Tibetic languages, also Nepali and Hindi
Ethnic group.rels: Buddhism, Hinduism (2011), Christianity
Ethnic group.related: Bhutia, Sherpa, Ladakhis, Tibetan, Uttarakhand Bhotiya, Ngalop, Tshangla people

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

Bhotiya or Bhot (, ), ) 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, , . 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.