Lhop People - Bhutan, Indigenous peoples, Samtse, Phuntsholing, Dooars, Tibeto-Burman languages, Parallel and cross cousins

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Lhop or Doya people are a little-known tribe of southwest Bhutan. The Bhutanese believe them to be the aboriginal inhabitants of the country, although this claim has not been substantiated by anthropologists. The Lhop are found in the low valleys of Samtse and near Phuntsholing in the Duars. They are also known as the Lhops, Lhopu, or Lhokpu and speak a Tibeto-Burman language. They total approximately 2,500 persons. The dress of the Lhop resembles the Lepcha, but they bear little similarity with the Bhutia in the North and the Toto in the west.

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• Assisted by: Aaron Philippe Toll (Editor)
• Publisher: Alphascript Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2012
• EAN: 9786138152040
• ISBN: 9786138152040
• No. of pages: 92
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Urban and regional sociology