Sherpa language

Sherpa language

Infobox Language
name=Sherpa
familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
region=Nepal, Tibet, Kashmir
speakers=ca. 150,000 (2000)
fam2=Tibeto-Burman
fam3=Himalayish
fam4=Tibeto-Kanauri
fam5=Tibetan
fam6=Southern Tibetan
iso3=xsr

Sherpa (ཤེརཔཱ , Devnagari: शेर्पा; also Sharpa, Sharpa Bhotia, Xiaerba, Serwa; ISO 639-3: xsr) is a language spoken in parts of Nepal and Sikkim mainly by the Sherpa community. About 130,000 speakers live in Nepal (2001 census), some 20,000 in India (1997), and some 800 in Tibet (1994).

Note that the above days of the week is derived from Tibetan language ("Pur-gae").


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