The Ngalop (Dzongkha: སྔ་ལོང་པ་ Wylie: snga long pa; "earliest risen people" or "first converted people" according to folk etymology) are people of ethnic Tibetan origin who migrated from Tibet to Bhutan as early as the ninth century. Orientalists adopted the term "Bhote" or Bhotiya, meaning literally "people of Bod (Tibet)", a term also applied to the Tibetan people, leading to confusion, and now is rarely used in reference to the Ngalop.
The Ngalop (Dzongkha: སྔ་ལོང་པ་ Wylie: snga long pa; "earliest risen people" or "first converted people" according to folk etymology) are people of ethnic Tibetan origin who migrated from Tibet to Bhutan as early as the ninth century. Orientalists adopted the term "Bhote" or Bhotiya, meaning literally "people of Bod (Tibet)", a term also applied to the Tibetan people, leading to confusion, and now is rarely used in reference to the Ngalop.
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