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TheShauka people, also known asRangkas andJohari, are aTibeto-Burman ethnic group living in theJohar Valley ofGori Ganga river inMunsyari,tehsil of thePithoragarh District inUttarakhand,India.[1] Shaukas are a part of Bhotiya community and were historically involved in trade between India and Tibet. Contemporarily, they are engaged in occupations like agriculture, trade, and animal husbandry. They currently speak theJohari, a dialect ofKumaoni,[2] and spokeRangas, a now-extinct, Tibeto-Berman language in the past.[3]