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- Kheng_people abstract "The Kheng people are an ethnic group of Bhutan, found primarily in the Zhemgang, Trongsa, and Mongar Districts of south central Bhutan. They speak Khengkha, a member of the extended Tibetan language family; the closest related language appears to be Bumthangkha to the north. By all accounts the Kheng are more closely related to the people of central Bhutan than they are to their neighbors in eastern Bhutan, who are primarily Sharchops. The Kheng still retain special trade relations with the Bumthangpo, including providing winter pasture rights for Bumthang yaks. SIL estimates there are 50,000 Khengkha speakers. Kheng also refers to the ancient small kingdoms in this area which were autonomous fiefdoms prior to the unification of Bhutan in the 17th century.Like most of Bhutan, the Kheng are devoted followers of Tibetan Buddhism and their cultural practices typically mirror those of the dominant Ngalop culture of the country. The term Ngalop may subsume several related linguistic and cultural groups, such as the Kheng people and speakers of Bumthang language.".
- Kheng_people language Dzongkha.
- Kheng_people language Kheng_language.
- Kheng_people populationPlace Bhutan.
- Kheng_people populationPlace Mongar_District.
- Kheng_people populationPlace Trongsa_District.
- Kheng_people religion Bon.
- Kheng_people religion Buddhism.
- Kheng_people totalPopulation "50000".
- Kheng_people wikiPageExternalLink modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9844.
- Kheng_people wikiPageID "2416983".
- Kheng_people wikiPageRevisionID "548828240".
- Kheng_people group "Kheng".
- Kheng_people hasPhotoCollection Kheng_people.
- Kheng_people langs Dzongkha.
- Kheng_people langs Kheng_language.
- Kheng_people popplace "Central Bhutan".
- Kheng_people poptime "50000".
- Kheng_people relatedC Ngalop.
- Kheng_people relatedC Sharchops.
- Kheng_people relatedC Bumthang_people.
- Kheng_people rels Buddhism.
- Kheng_people rels Bön.
- Kheng_people subject Category:Ethnic_groups_in_Bhutan.
- Kheng_people type Abstraction100002137.
- Kheng_people type EthnicGroup107967382.
- Kheng_people type EthnicGroupsInBhutan.
- Kheng_people type Group100031264.
- Kheng_people type EthnicGroup.
- Kheng_people type Collective.
- Kheng_people comment "The Kheng people are an ethnic group of Bhutan, found primarily in the Zhemgang, Trongsa, and Mongar Districts of south central Bhutan. They speak Khengkha, a member of the extended Tibetan language family; the closest related language appears to be Bumthangkha to the north. By all accounts the Kheng are more closely related to the people of central Bhutan than they are to their neighbors in eastern Bhutan, who are primarily Sharchops.".
- Kheng_people label "Kheng people".
- Kheng_people label "Кхенг".
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- Kheng_people sameAs Q6401295.
- Kheng_people sameAs Q6401295.
- Kheng_people sameAs Kheng_people.
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- Kheng_people isPrimaryTopicOf Kheng_people.
- Kheng_people name "Kheng".