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Yakkha (Nepali याक्खा, Yākkhā) is an indigenous ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent, mainly in modern-day Nepal and present-day India (related to other Kirat groups, like the Limbu, Sunuwar, Rai,Dewan people and more distantly all other Sino-Tibetan peoples). It is one of the descendants of Nepal's prehistoric Kirat dynasty. The Yakkha people are subsistence farmers who inhabit the lower Arun valley in eastern Nepal. They number only a few thousand and their language is nearly extinct.

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  • Yakkha (Nepali याक्खा, Yākkhā) is an indigenous ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent, mainly in modern-day Nepal and present-day India (related to other Kirat groups, like the Limbu, Sunuwar, Rai,Dewan people and more distantly all other Sino-Tibetan peoples). It is one of the descendants of Nepal's prehistoric Kirat dynasty. The Yakkha people are subsistence farmers who inhabit the lower Arun valley in eastern Nepal. They number only a few thousand and their language is nearly extinct. (en)
  • Gli Yakkha (nepalese: याक्खा, Yākkhā) sono un gruppo etnico indigeno del subcontinente indiano, soprattutto nell'odierno Nepal e nell'attuale India (identico alla sua famiglia Kirat composta da Limbu, e di fisionomia mongoloide). È una delle progenie della preistorica dinastia Kirat del Nepal. Gli Yakkha sono agricoltori di sussistenza che abitano la parte bassa della valle di Arun nel Nepal orientale. Sono poche migliaia e la loro lingua è quasi estinta. (it)
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  • Yakkha women in traditional dress (en)
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  • Yākkhā (en)
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  • याक्खा (en)
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  • Limbu, and Rai (en)
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  • (Majority): •Kiratism 81% (Others): •Hinduism11.50% (en)
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  • Yakkha (Nepali याक्खा, Yākkhā) is an indigenous ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent, mainly in modern-day Nepal and present-day India (related to other Kirat groups, like the Limbu, Sunuwar, Rai,Dewan people and more distantly all other Sino-Tibetan peoples). It is one of the descendants of Nepal's prehistoric Kirat dynasty. The Yakkha people are subsistence farmers who inhabit the lower Arun valley in eastern Nepal. They number only a few thousand and their language is nearly extinct. (en)
  • Gli Yakkha (nepalese: याक्खा, Yākkhā) sono un gruppo etnico indigeno del subcontinente indiano, soprattutto nell'odierno Nepal e nell'attuale India (identico alla sua famiglia Kirat composta da Limbu, e di fisionomia mongoloide). È una delle progenie della preistorica dinastia Kirat del Nepal. Gli Yakkha sono agricoltori di sussistenza che abitano la parte bassa della valle di Arun nel Nepal orientale. Sono poche migliaia e la loro lingua è quasi estinta. (it)
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  • Yākkhā (en)
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