Dictionary of the Sherpa language
Krämer Karl-Heinz.
Date: 2004
Pages: 30Sherpa (ཤར་པ།, EWTS: sher-pA, Nepali: शरपा; 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 Sikkim (1997), and some 800 in Tibet (1994).
Pages: 30Sherpa (ཤར་པ།, EWTS: sher-pA, Nepali: शरपा; 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 Sikkim (1997), and some 800 in Tibet (1994).