Sherpa language
E591786
The Sherpa language is a Tibetic language spoken primarily by the Sherpa people of Nepal’s Himalayan region, especially in areas around Mount Everest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sherpa language canonical | 7 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tibetic language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Jirel language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Khams Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lhasa Tibetan ⓘ |
| country |
Bhutan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
China ⓘ India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sherpa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Khumbu Sherpa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rowaling Sherpa NERFINISHED ⓘ Solu Sherpa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
ergative alignment ⓘ evidentiality distinctions ⓘ honorific system ⓘ postpositions ⓘ tonal distinctions ⓘ |
| hasWritingTradition | yes ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Sino-Tibetan language family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tibetic branch ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin |
Kham region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Tibetan Plateau ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bhutan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Himalayan region of Nepal ⓘ India ⓘ Khumbu region NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Everest region NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Solukhumbu District NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ diaspora communities ⓘ eastern Nepal ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Bodish language
ⓘ
Central Bodish language ⓘ Tibeto-Burman language ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
English language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nepali language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication among Sherpa people
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ ritual and religious practices ⓘ |
| usesScript |
Devanagari script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Tibetan script ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.