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Encyclopedia > Monpa language

The Monpa language is spoken in Arunachal Pradesh and Tibet. It belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family.


The language itself does not have a script, though the lamas use the Tibetan script in contrast to the words.


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Monpa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1041 words)
Their language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family, but it is significantly different from the Eastern Tibetan dialect and is written with the Tibetan script.
The Monpa are mainly followers of Tibetan Buddhism of the Gelugpa sect, although several members of the Bhut Monpa are followers of Bön and Animism.
The sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso, is a Monpa by ethnicity.
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