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On Mountain peoples of Nepal
You are absolutely right that the ethnic groups Hyolmo, Jirel, etc. cannot be simply termed as Tibetans (even though those are not castes): following centuries of separation, their cultures are distinct enough to be considered a different nation. However, I don't believe classifying them as mountain people a good idea:
 * For one thing, the mountain people in Nepal covers such groups like Thangmi, Thakali etc. There are even some Pahari speaking people living there. Those peoples belong to three different nation groups. A more specific term is wanted.
 * For the other thing, the Wikipedia article mountain people now redirects to the article hill people, which primarily refers to Khas/Eastern Pahadi peoples. Unwanted ambiguities should be avoided.

I am currently looking for a better term for those people. Trans-Himalaya is a good term but it has been used by two linguists to refer a much larger group. Maybe Bodish or Tibetic should be applied, although those are much academic terms. --146.96.147.126 (talk) 23:35, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

I am not sure whether we should separate Tibetan Muslims a separate ethnic group, but Nepalese Central Tibetic and Chinese Central Tibetan peoples are clearly different (as you said). Listing them separately is like listing Nepalese Madhesi (Maithali/Nepalese Maithils, etc.) and Indian Madhesi (Biharis, etc.) separately. The formers are indigenous while the latters are immigrants. --146.96.147.126 (talk) 23:49, 2 March 2016 (UTC)