Sherpa people

E187807
ethnic group indigenous people

The Sherpa people are an ethnic group native to the Himalayan region of Nepal, renowned for their mountaineering expertise and vital role in high-altitude expeditions on peaks such as Everest.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Sherpa 13
Sherpa people canonical 12
Sherpa communities 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
altitudeAdaptation physiological adaptation to high altitude ⓘ
associatedWith Mount Everest ⓘ
citizenshipMajority Nepalese ⓘ
clanStructure organized into clans ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Nepal ⓘ
culturalPractice Buddhist festivals such as Mani Rimdu ⓘ
mountain worship ⓘ
culture Himalayan culture ⓘ
demography population concentrated in mountainous areas ⓘ
ethnonym Sherpa people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sherpa
knownFor Himalayan expeditions ⓘ
high-altitude guiding ⓘ
load carrying at high altitude ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
language Sherpa language ⓘ
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
nativeTo Himalayan region ⓘ
Khumbu Valley ⓘ
surface form: Khumbu region

Nepal ⓘ
Solukhumbu District ⓘ
eastern Nepal ⓘ
notableActivity Everest summit ascents ⓘ
high-altitude rescue ⓘ
route fixing on Himalayan peaks ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Bhutia ⓘ
surface form: Bhutia people

Tamang people ⓘ
Tibetan people ⓘ
religion Bön influences ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
Vajrayana ⓘ
surface form: Vajrayana Buddhism
significantPopulationIn Bhutan ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
India ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
surface form: Tibet

United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
tourismRole supporting trekking industry in Nepal ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
mountain guiding ⓘ
trading ⓘ
yak herding ⓘ
traditionalRegion Helambu ⓘ
Khumbu ⓘ
Rolwaling ⓘ
Solukhumbu District ⓘ
surface form: Solukhumbu
traditionalReligionCenters Pangboche Monastery ⓘ
Tengboche ⓘ
surface form: Tengboche Monastery
usesScript Tibetan script ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sagarmatha National Park → traditionalInhabitants → Sherpa people ⓘ
Tenzing Norgay → ethnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
Tenzing Norgay → languageOfWorkOrName → Sherpa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherpa
Eastern Himalayas → inhabitedBy → Sherpa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherpa communities
Indian state of Sikkim → hasEthnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
subject surface form: Sikkim
this entity surface form: Sherpa
Sagarmatha – Nepali → isSacredInCulture → Sherpa people ⓘ
subject surface form: Sagarmatha
this entity surface form: SherpaCulture
Namche Bazaar → inhabitedBy → Sherpa people ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman peoples → hasEthnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
Taplejung District → majorEthnicGroups → Sherpa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherpa
Taplejung District → majorLanguages → Sherpa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherpa
Ghunsa → hasPrimaryEthnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherpa
Province No. 1, Nepal → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherpa
Sankhuwasabha District → hasEthnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherpa
Nangpa La → usedBy → Sherpa people ⓘ
Pasang Dawa Lama → languageSpoken → Sherpa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherpa
Solukhumbu District, Nepal → majorEthnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
subject surface form: Solukhumbu District
this entity surface form: Sherpa
Khumjung → ethnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherpa
Tengboche → ethnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
Khumbu → ethnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
Dawa Phuti → ethnicity → Sherpa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherpa
Ang Lhamu → ethnicity → Sherpa people ⓘ
Dakku → associatedWith → Sherpa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherpa community
Losar → observedBy → Sherpa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherpas
Norbu Tenzing → ethnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
Province No. 1 → containsEthnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherpa
Sherpa people → ethnonym → Sherpa people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherpa
Kunde → inhabitedBy → Sherpa people ⓘ
Himalayan region → inhabitedBy → Sherpa people ⓘ
Nepali people → ethnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ