Layap
The Layap (Dzongkha: ལ་ཡཔ་) are an indigenous people inhabiting the high mountains of northwest Bhutan in the village of Laya, in the Gasa District, at an altitude of , just below the Tsendagang peak. Their population in 2003 stood at 1,100. Ethnically related to the Tibetans, they speak Layakha, a Tibeto-Burman language. Layaps refer to their homeland as "Be-yul" – "the hidden land."
Q33081
Dzongkha
MEDIA
Q103817
indigenous people
Concept
Q917
Bhutan
LOC
Q3828171
Laya
LOC
Q578294
Gasa District
LOC
None
Tsendagang
UNK
Q187985
Tibetans
Concept
Q56602
Layakha
Concept
Q34064
Tibeto-Burman
Concept
Q440410
Layap
LOC
Q440410
Layap
LOC
2003-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2003
DATE
country
native language
country
located in the administrative territorial entity
country
located in the administrative territorial entity