Flashcards: Ethnic groups in Nepal

Bhotiya or Bot (Nepali: भोटिया, Bhotiyā) are groups of ethno-linguistically related Tibetan people living in the Transhimalayan region of the SAARC countries.

The Lepcha or Róng people (Lepcha: Róng ɂágít; "Róng tribe"), also called Róngkup (Lepcha: ᰛᰩᰵ་ᰀᰪᰱ; "children of the Róng"), Mútuncí Róngkup Rumkup (Lepcha: ᰕᰫ་ᰊᰪᰰ་ᰆᰧᰶ ᰛᰩᰵ་ᰀᰪᰱ ᰛᰪᰮ་ᰀᰪᰱ; "beloved children of the Róng and of God"), and Rongpa (Sikkimese: རོང་པ་), are among the indigenous peoples of Sikkim and number between 30,000 and 50,000.

The Lhotshampa or Lhotsampa (Nepali: ल्होत्साम्पा; Tibetan: ལྷོ་མཚམས་པ་, Wylie: lho-mtshams-pa) people are a heterogeneous Bhutanese people of Nepalese descent.

The Sharchops (Dzongkha: ཤར་ཕྱོགས་པ, Wylie: shar phyogs pa; "Easterner") are the populations of mixed Tibetan, Southeast Asian and South Asian descent that mostly live in the eastern districts of Bhutan.

The Madhesi (Nepali: मधेशी), also referred to as Teraibasi Nepali (Nepali: तराईवासी नेपाली), are an indigenous ethnic group of Nepalese people who are natives of the Madhesh plains of Southern Nepal in Terai belt of South Asia.

Russians in Nepal from a tiny community consisting of expatriates from Russia as well as Nepalese people of Russian descent.

Sherpa (Tibetan: "eastern people", from shar "east" and pa "people") are an ethnic group from the most mountainous region of Nepal, high in the Himalayas.

The Gurung people, also called Tamu, are an ethnic group from different parts of Nepal.

The Limbu (exonym) or Yakthung (endonym) (IPA: [yɑkthuŋ]) tribes and clans are a Kirati people of Tibetan origin indigenous to the hill and mountainous regions of East Nepal between the Arun and Mechi rivers to as far as South Tibet, Burma, Bhutan and Indian states of West Bengal (particularly Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Jalpaiguri districts), Sikkim, Assam and Nagaland.

The Magars are among the oldest ethnic people in Nepal.

The Tamangརྟ་དམག་ (Devnagari: तामाङ; tāmāng), or Tamag, are the indigenous inhabitants of the Himalayan regions of Nepal and India, their ancestral land is called Tamsaling.

The Biharis () is a demonym given to an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group who live in the Indian state of Bihar and Jharkhand.

The Khambu Rais or Rais are one of the most ancient indigenous ethnolinguistic groups of Nepal, the Indian State of Sikkim and Darjeeling Hills.

The Chepang are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman people group numbering around fifty-two thousand mainly inhabiting the rugged ridges of the Mahabharat mountain range of central Nepal.

The Bhutia བོད་རིགས (in Sikkim: Denzongpa / Drejongpa ; Tibetan: འབྲས་ལྗོངས་པ་, Wylie: 'Bras-ljongs-pa; "inhabitants of Denzong;" in Bhutan: Dukpa) are a community of people of Tibetan ancestry, who speak Sikkimese, a Tibetan dialect fairly mutually intelligible to standard Tibetan.

The Newar or Newah (/nɪˈwɑːr/; Newar: नेवा:) are the historical inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley and its surrounding areas in Nepal, and the creators of its historic heritage and civilization.

The Pahari people (Pahāṛī; पहाड़ी), also called Pahadi people, is a wide term applied to social groups of Pahari speaking Indo-Aryan people of the Himalayas living in India, Nepal and Pakistan.

The Santhal or Saontal (also spelled as Santal,Sontal or Sonthal, Bengali: সাঁওতাল) are a scheduled tribe of people indigenous to Terai of Nepal and India, who live mainly in Nepal and the Indian States of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Assam (part of the Tea Tribes).

The Sunuwar(Nepali: सुनुवार जाति) are one of the indigenous peoples of Nepal and some areas in India.

The Tharu people (Devanagari:थारू, Thārū) are an ethnic group indigenous to the Terai, the southern foothills of the Himalayas in Nepal and India.

Western magar are descriptive terms invented by academic linguists and anthropologists for a nationality in the Middle Hills of mid-western Nepal inhabiting highlands extending through eastern Rukum and northern Salyan, Rolpa and Pyuthan Districts in RaptiZone as well as Dhaulagiri and Bheri Zones.

The Bedia a community of Bihar, they believe that they originally lived on Mohdipahar and have descended from the union of Vedbansi prince with a Munda girl.

The Vaiphei are an ethnic group who inhabit the North-East part of India and Burma.

The Muker are a Muslim community, found in North India and Nepal.

The Mallah (or Nishad) are the traditional boatmen caste and ethnic group of North India, East India and Pakistan.

Nepalese Muslims, while mainly Sunni, constitute a heterogeneous group of Madhesi Race.

There is a small community of Japanese people in Nepal (ネパールの日本人 Nepāru no nipponjin), mainly comprising expatriates from Japan.

Koreans in Nepal form a small expatriate community consisting mainly of Catholic nuns, volunteers and businesspeople.

Nepalis (Nepali: नेपाली Nēpālī) are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native to Nepal, India, and Bhutan.

Indian Nepali, Indian Nepalese or Indo Nepalese are Nepalese (Nepali people) who have total or partial Indian heritage.

Chhetri (Chettri, or Kshetri) (Hindi: छेत्री , Nepali: क्षेत्री), synonymous with Kshetri (Nepali: क्षेत्री) and Khatri (Nepali: खत्री) is a caste among Nepalese, Burmese Gurkhas, Indian Gorkhas and Lhotshampa Bhutanese peoples, which are a part of Khas people, along with some Brahmins (Bahun), and Thakuris.

The Thakurai are a Muslim Rajput community found in the state of Bihar in India.

The Hayus (Nepali: हायु) are a member of the Kirant tribe speaking their own language, Wayu or Hayu.

The Maithil (Devnagri: मैथिल, Tirhuta: মৈথিল) are the native speakers of the Maithili language indigenous to the Mithila region, which is now divided between the Mithila federal state of Nepal and Indian state of Bihar.

The Dhanuk are an ethnic group found in Bangladesh, India and Nepal.

Ranjitkar (रंजितकार aka Chhipaa or Ranjit) is one of the castes of Newar.

Filipinos in Nepal consists of immigrants and expatriates from the Philippines to Nepal.

The Marwari or Marwadi are a South Asian ethnic group that originate from the Rajasthan region in India.

Lampucchwa Tharu or Morangiya Tharu is one of the endogamous subgroup of Tharu people whichs are an ethnic group indigenous to the Terai, the southern foothills of the Himalayas in Nepal and India.