Yakkha people

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The Yakkha people are an indigenous ethnic group of the eastern Himalayas, primarily in eastern Nepal and adjacent regions of India, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman language and traditional agrarian lifestyle.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yakkha people canonical 8
Yakkha community 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
language ⓘ
ancestralTerritory eastern Himalayan region ⓘ
autonymLanguage Yakkha language ⓘ
citizenshipDistribution Indian citizens ⓘ
Nepalese citizens ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
countryRegion Darjeeling region, West Bengal, India ⓘ
Sikkim, India ⓘ
linked to: Sikkim
culturalPractice folk songs ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ
culturalRegion eastern hills of Nepal ⓘ
ethnicity Yakkha ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Kiranti peoples ⓘ
language Yakkha language ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
linguisticClassification Tibeto-Burman-speaking people ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in India ⓘ
ethnic minority in Nepal ⓘ
primaryLocation eastern Nepal ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous nationalities of Nepal ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of Nepal ⓘ
region eastern Himalayas ⓘ
relatedGroup Limbu people ⓘ
Rai people ⓘ
linked to: Rai peoples
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Kirat Mundhum ⓘ
scriptUsed Devanagari ⓘ
linked to: Devanagari script
selfIdentification Yakkha ⓘ
settlementPattern rural villages ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based ⓘ
traditionalBelief ancestor worship ⓘ
nature worship ⓘ
traditionalCrops maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
paddy rice ⓘ
traditionalEconomy rain-fed agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing hill village houses ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle agrarian ⓘ
traditionalOccupation animal husbandry ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligion Kirat Mundhum ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Limbu people → relatedEthnicGroup → Yakkha people ⓘ
Kirat Mundhum → associatedEthnicGroup → Yakkha people ⓘ
Kirati peoples → ethnicSubdivision → Yakkha people ⓘ
Yakkha language → ethnicGroup → Yakkha people ⓘ
Yakkha language → isSpokenBy → Yakkha community ⓘ
linked to: Yakkha people
Rai peoples → relatedEthnicGroup → Yakkha people ⓘ
Sunuwar people → relatedEthnicGroup → Yakkha people ⓘ
Kulung Rai → relatedEthnicGroups → Yakkha people ⓘ
Limbuwan → hasEthnicMinority → Yakkha people ⓘ