Kinnauri, Bhoti

NES

vigorous

Alternate Names: Bhotea of Upper Kinnauri, Bod-Skad, Bud-Kat, Myamkat, Myamskad, Nyamkat, Nyamskad, Puh, Sangs-Rgyas, Sangyas

Dialects: None known. May be more than 1 language. Lexical similarity: 71% with Tukpa ,, 63% with Mane village, 59% with Darcha village, 54% with Tibetan ,.

Genealogy:

Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Western Tibeto-Burman
Bodish
West Himalayish
Kinauri

Demographics: 6,790 (2000 USCWM).

Language Development: Grammar.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Traditional religion, Buddhist (Lamaist), Hindu.