The Kirat or Kirati or Kiranti or Kirant people are indigenous ethnic groups of the Himalayas extending eastward from Nepal into India, Bangladesh, Burma and beyond.

They migrated to their present locations via Assam, Burma, Tibet and Yunnan in ancient times.

Broadly speaking, the Kirat people include the Limbu, Sunwar, Yakkha, and Rai, a few segments of the Bahing, Kulung and speakers of Khaling, Bantawa, Chamling, Thulung, and Jerung; and other related ethnic groups.