Definition of Lepcha in English:
Lepcha
nounPlural Lepchas ˈlɛptʃəˈlepCHə
1A member of a people living mainly in mountain valleys in Sikkim, western Bhutan, and parts of Nepal and West Bengal.
Example sentencesExamples
- Bhutias, Lepchas and Nepalese are the original Sikkimese but now you will find there a number of other tribes and groups.
- Sikkim's original inhabitants, the Lepchas, are believed to have settled there from Mongolia.
2mass noun The Tibeto-Burman language of the Lepcha, with over 50,000 speakers.
adjective ˈlɛptʃəˈlepCHə
Relating to the Lepcha or their language.
Example sentencesExamples
- An ethnographic study was commissioned to study the project's impacts on North Sikkim and on the Lepcha community, the original inhabitants of Sikkim with a distinct cultural and traditional community life.