Limbu people
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limbu-people-179-11215356
title:
Limbu people
text:
The Limbu (exonym) / Yakthung (endonym) or are a Sino-Tibetan ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Himalayan region of eastern Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland, northern West Bengal, and western Bhutan. The original name of the Limbu is Yakthung (ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ) or Yakthum. Limbu males are called Yakthungba or Yakthumba and Limbu females are called "Yakthumma" or "Yakthungma". Ancient texts state that "Yakthung" or "Yakthum" is a derivative of Yaksha and some interpret its meaning as the "Yaksha winner
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encyclopedia
description:
Indigenous Yakthung group of Nepal , Sikkim
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbu_people
date created:
2004-09-24T13:10:38Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T06:36:21Z
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