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Bhotia (other)
Bhotia or Bhotiya may refer to: *Bhotia people, a generic term for people of the Himalayas *Bhotia language, a reference to any of the languages spoken by Bhotia people *Bhotia dog, a breed of livestock guardian dog also known as the Himalayan sheepdog See also *Bhutia (other) *Bhoti (other) *Bhutani (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhotia People
Bhotiya or Bhot ( ne, भोटिया, ) are groups of ethno-linguistically related Tibetan people living in the Transhimalayan region that divides India from Tibet. The word ''Bhotiya'' comes from the classical Tibetan name for Tibet, , . The Bhotiya speak numerous languages including Ladakhi. 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. Background The Bhotiya identify as Raghuvanshi Rajput and prefer to be referred as ''Thakur'' or ''Rajvanshi''. The Bhotiya may be the original immigrants to north Oudh in the period of Nawab Asaf-Ud-Dowlah (1775 to 1797). The Bhotiya people are closely related to several other groups and ethnic boundaries are porous. One group is the Bhutia, the main ethnolinguistic group of the northern part of the Indian state of Sikkim. A second is the Uttarakhand Bhotiya of the upper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
