Limbu (Limbu: ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ, yakthuṅ pan) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Limbu people of Nepal and Northeastern India (particularly West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam and Nagaland) as well as …

Limbu, the second most numerous tribe of the indigenous people called Kiranti, living in Nepal, on the easternmost section of the Himalayas east of the Arun River, and in northern India, mostly in the …

Limbu is a Kiranti language spoken in mainly in Nepal, and also in northern India, by about 407,000 people.

Oct 31, 2025 · The Limbu is an indigenous peoples group within the Kirat community of Nepal, known for their distinctive language, culture, and long-standing ties to the eastern Himalayan region.

The Limbu are one of the several groups classified under the Kirati or Kirat, an indigenous community in the eastern Himalayan region. This article provides an overview of the Limbu people’s history, …

Feb 1, 2023 · The Limbu people form a subset of a larger group known as the Kirati people, who live in scattered areas of eastern Nepal and adjacent parts of India. The Kirati speak several languages, …

The term, ‘Limbu', in Limbu language means ‘the person who carries bow' or 'bow carrier'. Limbu are also called Yakthung. Limbu follow Kirat religion and are animist or nature worshipers. Limbu are …

The Limbu or Yakthung are a Tibeto-Burman ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Himalayan region of eastern Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland, northern West Bengal, and western Bhutan.

The Limbu, one of the largest tribal aggregates in Nepal, live in the most easterly part of Nepal between the Arun River and the border of Sikkim District, India.

Wherever the Limbu people live, there seems to be a leap forward in economic, material, and educational development. For example, prosperous districts like Ilam, Panchthar, Taplejung, Jhapa, …