Lhünzê County (Tibetan: ལྷུན་རྩེ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 隆子县, English: Lhöntse Dzong) is a county of Shannan located in the south-east of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. "Lhünzê" means "self-existing pinnacle" in Tibetan. Part of Lhünzê County is claimed by India as part of Arunachal Pradesh, which is a disputed area between China and India.
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👉 Lhünzê County in the context of Lhoba people
Lhoba (English translation: Southerners; Chinese: 珞巴族; pinyin: Luòbāzú; Standard Tibetan: ལྷོ་པ།) is any of a diverse amalgamation of Sino-Tibetan-speaking tribespeople living in and around Pemako, a region in southeastern Tibet including Mainling, Medog and Zayü counties of Nyingchi and Lhünzê County of Shannan, Tibet.
In 1965 the Chinese government officially recognised Lhoba as one of the 56 ethnic groups in China. Lhobas are one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China. Numbering 4,237 people, they make up about 0.1% of the population of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
In this Dossier
- ⭐ Core Definition: Lhünzê County
- 👉 Lhünzê County in the context of Lhoba people
- Lhünzê County in the context of Puroik language
Lhünzê County in the context of Puroik language
The Puroik language (previously called Sulung, a derogatory term, by other tribes) is a set of language varieties spoken by the Puroik people of Arunachal Pradesh in India and of Lhünzê County, Tibet, in China.
Besides their own language, the Puroik also use Nishi, Hindi, and Assamese. Literacy is very low, at about 2%. Those who are literate use either the Bengali-Assamese script, Devanagari or the Latin alphabet to write Puroik.
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