Sharchops

The Sharchops (, ; "Easterner") are the populations of mixed Tibetan, Southeast Asian and South Asian descent that mostly live in the eastern districts of Bhutan.

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Ethnic group.group: Sharchop
Ethnic group.pop: 212,500
Ethnic group.popplace: Eastern Bhutan (Lhuntse, Trashiyangtse, Mongar, Pemagatshel, Trashigang, Samdrup Jongkhar)Southwest China (Tibet Autonomous Region) Northeast India (Assam and Arunachal Pradesh (Monpa tribes: Khalaktang, Dirang; Memba tribe: Tuting))
Ethnic group.langs: TshanglaMonpa languagesDzongkhaTibetan Languages
Ethnic group.rels: Tibetan BuddhismBon
Ethnic group.related c: MonpaNgalopTibetan people

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The Sharchops (, ; "Easterner") are the populations of mixed Tibetan, Southeast Asian and South Asian descent that mostly live in the eastern districts of Bhutan.

==Ethnicity== The Sharchops are an Indo-Mongoloid people who migrated from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, or possibly Burma, c. 1200 – c. 800 BC. Van Driem (1993) indicates that Sharchops are closely related to the Mönpa and that both are descendants of the indigenous Tibetic peoples (pre-Ngalop) of Bhutan. Due to the societal prominence and political power of Dzongkha-speaking Bhutanese, however, Sharchops are marginalized in Bhutan. The Sharchops are the largest ethnic group in Bhutan.