Helambu Sherpa

Facts

  • Language: Helambu Sherpa
  • Alternate names: Sherpa, Yholmo, Yolmo, Yohlmo, Yohlmu Tam, Yol-mo, Ölmo
  • Language code: scp
  • Language family: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Bodish, Central Bodish, Central, gTsang (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 9842
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script: Devanagari script.

More information:

    They go to northern India as laborers or resettle in Kathmandu or in India. Buddhist (Lamaist), traditional religion, Christian.

    Helambu Sherpa is spoken in Nepal, South Asia.