Neighbors

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         This post is going to be dedicated to talking about the neighbors of the people of Lepcha. As I have mentioned so many times before, the people of Lepcha are indigenous people of Sikkim, Nepal. The current population stands as 13% Lepcha, 16% Bhutia, and 67% Nepali. I will be focusing this post on the people Bhutia and Nepal. 

(http://www.trekkinginsikkims.com/sikkim-maps.html)

(Map of Sikkim)

     The Bhutias are a group of people numbered around 70,300 located in Sikkim. They come from Tibetian ancestry and speak a Tibetian langauge that can be understood by other Tibetians. 

(http://www.oldindianphotos.in/2011/04/two-bhutia-couples-at-darjeeling-1865.html)

(Two Bhutia Couples) 

     Nepali people are.. well from Nepal. But earlier then that they were descendants of migrants from Kashmir, Tibet, India, Burma, and Yunnan. The total population for the Nepali people is around 35.15 million, with 29,519,114 people living in Nepal alone. There are three main ethnicity's within Nepal; Khas, Mongoloid, and mixed. The people of Lepcha rank around 0.02% with only 3,360 in population throughout Nepal. 

(http://paradiseintheworld.com/nepal/)

(Nepalese Landscape)

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Old_lady_from_Darap(Sikkim).jpg)

(Old Nepali Lady) 

     Thanks for reading!
Next time: Migrations