The Mugali are a remote
Tibetan Buddhist
Tibetan Buddhism (also referred to as Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Lamaism, Lamaistic Buddhism, Himalayan Buddhism, and Northern Buddhism) is the form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and Bhutan, where it is the dominant religion. It is also in majo ...
tribe in
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
who speak the main dialect of the
Mugom language
Mugom language, also known as Mugom-ket, is the Sino-Tibetan language of the Mugali Tibetan people, Mugali people of Mugu District, Mugu district in Nepal (ISO 639-3: ethnologue:muk, mukGlottoCode: mugo1238.
Language name
Mugom speakers self-i ...
. There have been attempts to create public health materials for them that take into account their culture.
Sources
short page on health initiative with the Mugali
Ethnic groups in Nepal
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