Angika |
Awadhi |
Bahing |
Bantawa |
Baraamu |
Bhojpuri |
Chukwa |
Darai |
Darmiya |
Dhimal |
Dzongkha |
Helambu Sherpa | Jerung | Jirel |
Kagate |
Limbu |
Magar, Western |
Maithili |
Majhi |
Manangba |
Mugali |
Mustang |
Sherpa |
Tamang
|
Thudam
|
Thulung
|
Sherpa
| |
| Indigenous Group |
Sherpa (Also Known As: Sharpa, Sharpa Bhotia, Xiaerba, Serwa )
|
| Location |
Nepal, Himalaya, Northern Solukhumbu; Districts of Solukhumbu, Dolakha,
Sindhupalchok, Rasuwa, Eastern Taplejung and the Northern border of
Janakpur; Sagarmatha, Taplejung and Mechi Zones; Rolwaling Valley and Lukla;
villages of Gumdi, Sete, Junbesi, Phaplu, and Sallery. Also in Bhutan,
China, India, South Korea, USA.
|
| Estimated Population |
110,358 (2001,
Census) |
| Environment |
Mountain
|
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary
|
| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Tourism / Trade / Animal Husbandry
|
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional
|
| Language Family |
Sherpa
Classification:
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Tibeto-Kanauri, Tibetic, Tibetan,
Southern
Alternate Names:
Sharpa, Sharpa Bhotia, Xiaerba, Serwa
Dialects: Solu, Khumbu, Ramechap (Western). |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue: Sherpa, A Language of Nepal
The Sherpa people
The Sherpas: History, Society and Culture
Wikipedia: Sherpa People
About the Sherpas
Sherpas of Nepal
The Sherpa People
Tenzing, Tashi and Judy Tenzing. Tenzing Norgay and the Sherpas
of Everest. International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2003.
Ortner, Sherry B. Sherpas through their Rituals (Cambridge Studies in
Cultural Systems). Cambridge University Press, 1977.
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| NGOs |
The Mountain Institute
Mountain Forum
Sherpa Association of Nepal
Himalayan Trust
Porters Progress
Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities
United Sherpa Association
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