Limbu tribe and clans belong to the Kirati nation or Kirat confederation that includes the Rai and Sunuwar who are believed to be the descendants of the ancient Mongolian-Tibeto people and are still known as "Mongolians" in Nepal. The name Limbu is an exonym of uncertain origin. Anyhow the word Limbu roughly means or translates as an archer or 'the bearer of bows and arrows'. They call themselves Yakthumba/Yakthung.
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- Limbu tribe and clans belong to the Kirati nation or Kirat confederation that includes the Rai and Sunuwar who are believed to be the descendants of the ancient Mongolian-Tibeto people and are still known as "Mongolians" in Nepal. The name Limbu is an exonym of uncertain origin. Anyhow the word Limbu roughly means or translates as an archer or 'the bearer of bows and arrows'. They call themselves Yakthumba/Yakthung. They are also known as Shong, Xong or Drenjongka དརེན་འཛང་ཀ་ or Chong, Tsong འསང་ in. Their approx population of 700,000 is centered on the districts of Sankhuwasabha, Tehrathum, Dhankuta, Taplejung, Morang, Sunsari, Jhapa, Panchthar and Ilam, all within the Mechi and Kosi zones in Nepal, also known as Limbuwan, as well as the East and West districts of Sikkim. A smaller number are scattered throughout the cities of Darjeeling and Kalimpong in West Bengal, India and also in North and South Sikkim and Bhutan. Limbu Clans and Tribes are divided into the Lhasa gotra and Yunan gotra (those who come from Yunan China). The Limbu are known as des limbu (ten Limbu), even though there are actually thirteen Limbu sub-groups. Legend says that five of the groups came from Yunnan, China and the other eight from Lhasa, Tibet. Unlike the caste systems brought forward to Nepal region since the Hindu invasion, social discrimination or caste system is not practised among the Limbu people and Limbu sub-groups, however there are numerous different clans and sects. The Chinese text called Po-ou-Yeo-Jing translated in 308 AD refers to the Yi-ti-Sai (barbarians bordering on the north), a name which is an exact equivalent of Kiratas.
- 林布族（Limbu，弓箭手之意），是尼泊爾的一個民族，在印度也有分布，總人口約七十萬。 Limbu：或Yakthumba/Yakthung（在Limbu语言）也指Shong、Xong或者Drenjongkä（在西藏）或Tsong（锡金）是属于Kiranti小组或Kirat联邦包括Rai的一个土产族群。
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- Limbu, Limboo, Yakthung, Drenjongka དརེན་འཛང་ཀ་ , Tsong, Chong, Shong or Xong འསང་)
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- Limbu tribe and clans belong to the Kirati nation or Kirat confederation that includes the Rai and Sunuwar who are believed to be the descendants of the ancient Mongolian-Tibeto people and are still known as "Mongolians" in Nepal. The name Limbu is an exonym of uncertain origin. Anyhow the word Limbu roughly means or translates as an archer or 'the bearer of bows and arrows'. They call themselves Yakthumba/Yakthung.
- 林布族（Limbu，弓箭手之意），是尼泊爾的一個民族，在印度也有分布，總人口約七十萬。 Limbu：或Yakthumba/Yakthung（在Limbu语言）也指Shong、Xong或者Drenjongkä（在西藏）或Tsong（锡金）是属于Kiranti小组或Kirat联邦包括Rai的一个土产族群。
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