Sikim: Razlika med redakcijama

Najverjetneje so bili prvi prebivalci Sikima pripadniki ljudstva [[Ljudstvo Lepča|Lepča]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sikkim.nic.in/north/html/lepcha.htm|title=Lepče in njihova tradicija|publisher=Sikkim.nic.in|accessdate=6 julij 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017203541/http://sikkim.nic.in/north/html/lepcha.htm|archivedate=17 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Tudi ljudstva [[Ljudstvo Limbu|Limbu]] in [[Magarji]] so živeli v nedostopnih predelih na zahodu in jugu dežele, medtem ko so Lepče verjetno poseljevali vzhodne in severne predele Sikima.<ref>{{Cite book | title = Navigating Social Exclusion and Inclusion in Contemporary India and Beyond: Structures, Agents, Practices (Anthem South Asian Studies) | year = 2014 | last = Skoda | first = Uwe | publisher = Anthem Press | location = | isbn = 978-1783083404| page = 137 }}</ref> Budistični svetnik [[Padmasambhava]], znan tudi pod imenom Guru Rinpoče, je v 8. stoletju potoval skozi deželo.<ref name="SikkimEcclDept">{{Cite web|url=http://sikkimeccl.gov.in/History/Legends/GuruRinpoche.aspx|title=Zgodovina Guruja Rinpočeja|publisher=Sikkim Ecclesiastical Affairs Department|accessdate=9 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109043422/http://sikkimeccl.gov.in/History/Legends/GuruRinpoche.aspx|archive-date=9 November 2013|dead-url-status=nolive}}</ref> Guru naj bi deželo blagoslovil in vanjo prinesel [[Budizem]], ter napovedal monarhijo, ki naj bi prišla v deželo stoletja kasneje.

|caption=Jeziki v Sikimu (2001)<ref name="Census of India">{{cite web |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/parta.htm |title=Distribution of the 22 Scheduled Languages |work=Census of India |publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |year=2001 |accessdate=4 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207163538/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/parta.htm |archive-date=7 February 2013 |dead-url-status=nolive }}</ref><ref name="censusindia.gov.in">{{cite web |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/A_Series/Total_population.htm |title=Census Reference Tables, A-Series – Total Population |work=Census of India |publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |year=2001 |accessdate=4 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113154514/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/A_Series/Total_population.htm |archive-date=13 November 2013 |dead-url-status=nolive }}</ref><ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/partb.htm] {{Webar-chive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811065050/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/partb.htm |date=11 August 2016 }} Census 2011 Non scheduled languages</ref>