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,_RP-F-2001-7-1122A-55_(cropped).jpg) A man from bhutia tribe in 1860s. Here he can be seen wearing a "Tibetan Amulet" to protect him from evil spirits. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 60,300 (2001)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Sikkim | 41,889[2] |
 Nepal | 10,087 |
 Bhutan | 6000 |
| West Bengal | 4293 |
| Languages | |
| Sikkimese, Nepali, Dzongkha, Tibetan | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism, Bön | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Tibetan, Bhotiya, Sherpa people | |
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The Bhutia (བོད་རིགས; Sikkimese: Drenjongpa/Drenjop; Tibetan: འབྲས་ལྗོངས་པ་, Wylie: Bras-ljongs-pa; "inhabitants of Sikkim") are a community of Sikkimese people living in the state of Sikkim in northeastern India, who speak Drenjongke or Sikkimese, a Tibetic language fairly mutually intelligible with standard Tibetan. In 2001, the Bhutia numbered around 60,300. Bhutia here refers to people of Tibetic ancestry.
- ^ Lewis, M. Paul, ed. (2009). "Sikkimese". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
- ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.