lhotshampa

Questions

What does lhotshampa mean?

A member of a heterogeneous Bhutanese people of Nepalese descent, native to southern Bhutan.

Where does lhotshampa come from?

Borrowed from Dzongkha ལྷོ་མཚམས་པ (lho mtshams pa, literally “southern borderlander”).

How to pronounce lhotshampa

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