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Bhotia, Buddhist of Nepal

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Map source: University of Texas Map Collection

Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
11,000	Sherpa	Buddhism	0.00 %	0.00 %	Not available		1.1

Bhotia, Buddhist of Nepal

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Geography

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Population in Country:

11,000

Largest Provinces:

Mechi (6,200)	Kosi (2,100)
Janakpur (1,300)	Bagmati (900)
Sagarmatha (800)

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Location in Country:

Janakpur Zone, Ramechhap District, on one of the ridges of Likhu Khola.
(Source: www.ethnologue.com)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Bhotia, Buddhist

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Bhotia of Sikkim	Danyouka
Lhopa	Lhori
Sikkim Bhotia

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Population in Country:

11,000

Population all Countries:

Yes

Unengaged or Unknown

Ethnicity

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MSY50r

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Language

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Primary Language:

(7,800 Speakers)

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Secondary Languages:

Kagate (1,300)	Nepali (1,200)
Bantawa (500)	Maithili (80)

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	100.00 %
Christianity	0.00 %	(Evangelical: 0.00 %)
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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1.1

Yes

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Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1975

New Testament:

None Reported

Complete Bible:

None Reported

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Global Recordings
Film / Video	Gods Story
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Sherpa
Film / Video	World Christian Videos

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