Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Assamese (secondary) · Bengali (secondary) · Nepali (secondary) · Santali (secondary) · Sikkimese (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Bhutan

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Drukpa	227000	Dzongkha	Buddhism
Monpa	101000	Tshangla	Buddhism
Ngalong	93000	Dzongkha	Buddhism
Sharchop	69000	Tshangla	Buddhism
Kheng	37000	Khengkha	Buddhism
Bumthangpa	24000	Bumthangkha	Buddhism
Matpa	21000	Chocangacakha	Buddhism
Dzala	17000	Dzalakha	Buddhism
Nyenpa	13000	Nyenkha	Buddhism
Oraon, Kurux	11000	Kurux	Hinduism
Lap, Lakha	11000	Lakha	Buddhism
Gurung Ghaleg	10000	Nepali	Buddhism
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	10000	Rangpuri	Hinduism
Sherpa	10000	Sherpa	Buddhism
Shaikh	9600	Bengali	Islam
Tamang	9600	Nepali	Buddhism
Tseku	6900	Tseku	Buddhism
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	6800	Boro (India)	Hinduism
Brahmin	6400	Assamese	Hinduism
Bhotia Sikkim	6400	Sikkimese	Buddhism
Broq-Pa	5900	Brokpake	Buddhism
Santal (Sawntal)	5600	Santhali	Hinduism
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	5000	Bengali	Hinduism
Dakpa	4700	Dakpakha	Buddhism
Tibetan	4700	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism
Chhetri	4400	Nepali	Hinduism
Bania	4000	Assamese	Hinduism
Rai	4000	Assamese	Other / Small
Walang	3800	Bantawa	Buddhism
Newah	3800	Nepali	Buddhism
Lhokpu	3600	Lhokpu	Buddhism
Layakha	3600	Layakha	Buddhism
Rongkup-Lepcha	3100	Lepcha	Buddhism
Nupbi	3100	Nupbikha	Buddhism
Magar	2900	Assamese	Hinduism
Adi	2900	Adi	Unknown
Gongduk	2600	Gongduk	Buddhism
Loba	2300	Lhowa	Buddhism
Kurtokha	2200	Kurtokha	Buddhism
Assamese (Muslim traditions)	2100	Assamese	Islam
Munda	2000	Mundari	Hinduism
Darjee	2000	Nepali	Hinduism
Yakthumba, Limbu	1900	Nepali	Other / Small
Chali	1900	Chalikha	Buddhism
Sarki	1700	Nepali	Hinduism
Rabha	1600	Assamese	Hinduism
Khambu	1500	Assamese	Hinduism
Lunape	1300	Lunanakha	Buddhism
Kachari Sonwal	1200	Assamese	Hinduism
Monpa Kalaktang	1100	Tshangla	Buddhism

Languages

34 languages recorded here.

Adi

Assamese

Bantawa

Bengali

Boro (India)

Brokpake

Bumthangkha

Chalikha

Chocangacakha

Dakpakha

Dzalakha

Dzongkha

Gongduk

Khengkha

Kurtokha

Kurux

Lakha

Layakha

Lepcha

Lhokpu

Lhowa

Lunanakha

Mundari

Nepali

Nupbikha

Nyenkha

Rangpuri

Santhali

Sherdukpen

Sherpa

Sikkimese

Tibetan, Central

Tseku

Tshangla

All catalogue fields

157 fields recorded

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