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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- Background
- Language
- Population
- Traditions
- Weddings
- Funerals
- Economy
- In Nepal
- Notes
- References
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.