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Sherpa is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. Sherpa (also Sharpa, Sherwa, or Xiaerba) is a Tibetic language spoken in Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim, mainly by the Sherpa. The majority speakers of the Sherpa language live in the Khumbu region of Nepal, spanning from the Chinese (Tibetan ...
The Sherpas (Standard Tibetan: ཤར་པ་, romanized: shar pa) are one of the Tibetan ethnic groups native to the most mountainous regions of Nepal and Tibetan Autonomous Region of China. The term sherpa derives from the Tibetan-language words shar (ཤར, 'east') and pa (པ 'people'), which refer to their geographical origin in eastern ...
Lakpa Gelu. Lakpa Gelu ( Nepali: ल्हाक्पा घेलु) (born June 23, 1967), often spelled Lhakpa, is a Nepalese Sherpa climber born in Jubing - 1, KhariKhola, Solukhumbu, Nepal. He is known for holding a world record for the fastest climbing of Mount Everest (the world's tallest mountain at 8,848 meters, known to the Nepalese ...
Officials are calling Friday's avalanche on Mount Everest the deadliest day on the mountain in history. At least 12 Sherpa guides were killed. According to Al Jazeera, investigators say the Sherpa ...
John Phillip Law's incorrect pronunciation of difficult English phonemes, most notably in Alison Palmer's name ("ah-LYEE-sown PAHL-myerr"), was unusually authentic by the standards of the day. [citation needed] Brian Keith, who also spoke fluent Russian, did not do so in the film. [citation needed]
Transliteration of Ancient Egyptian. As used for Egyptology, transliteration of Ancient Egyptian is the process of converting (or mapping) texts written as Egyptian language symbols to alphabetic symbols representing uniliteral hieroglyphs or their hieratic and demotic counterparts. This process facilitates the publication of texts where the ...
Qin noted that the sketch flips cultural stereotypes—that white teachers cannot pronounce names of people of color—to demonstrate cultural relativity to highlight cultural differences. Additionally, he notes the realistic and subdued expressions of the students against Mr. Garvey's dramatic body language and actions.
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa ( Sherpa: པ་སངས་ལྷ་མོ་ཤར་པ།, Nepali: पासाङ ल्हामु शेर्पा; 10 December 1961 – 22 April 1993) was the first Nepalese woman to climb the summit of Mount Everest. [2] [3] She was born in a mountaineering family and was involved in climbing from her teens. She ...