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ISO 639-3: xsr

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

Other known names and dialect names: Central Sherpa, Dolakha, East Sherpa, Khumbu, North Sherpa, Ramechhap, Serwa, Sharpa, Sharpa Bhotia, Solu, South Sherpa, West Sherpa, Xarba, Xiaerba

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Primary texts

  1. ONLINETone Systems of Tibeto-Burman Languages of Nepal. Gordon, Kent; Gordon, Sandra. 1970. Urbana: The University of Illinois. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_xsr_vertxt-1
  2. Sherpa texts. Gordon, Kent; Gordon, Sandra. 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:36924
  3. ONLINEClause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of Nepal 3: Texts. Hale, Austin (editor). 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8674
  4. ONLINESherpa texts. Schöttelndreyer, Burkhard; Schöttelndreyer, Heiderose. 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8812
  5. ONLINESherpa text. Zylstra, Luke (researcher); Zylstra, Marie (researcher); Gelbu, Ang (speaker). 1968. SIL International. oai:sil.org:90885

Lexical resources

  1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Sherpa. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:xsr
  2. ONLINEIndia and Nepal Word Lists. McAlpine, Eleanor J. (compiler). 2000. SIL International. oai:sil.org:81509
  3. ONLINEClause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of Nepal 4: Word lists. Hale, Austin (editor). 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8633
  4. ONLINESherpa dictionary. Zylstra, Luke (compiler). 1968. SIL International. oai:sil.org:90711

Language descriptions

  1. Register in Tibeto-Burman languages od Nepal: a comparison with Mon-Khmer. Glover, Warren William, 1940-. 1971. Canberra : Australian National University. oai:gial.edu:28432
  2. ONLINEGlottolog 5.2 Resources for Solu-Khumbu Sherpa. n.a. 2025. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:sher1255
  3. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Solu-Khumbu Sherpa. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:sher1255
  4. ONLINEAspects of discourse prominence in Solu Sherpa oral stories of personal experience. Greninger, David Eugene. 2009. SIL International. oai:sil.org:10039
  5. Paired-sentence reversals in the discovery of underlying and surface structures in Sherpa discourse. Pike, Kenneth L.; Schöttelndreyer, Burkhard. 1972. SIL International. oai:sil.org:36964
  6. ONLINEAnother look at storyline marking in Sherpa narrative. Greninger, David Eugene. 2011. SIL International. oai:sil.org:43905
  7. ONLINEThe sounds and tones of five Tibetan languages of the Himalayan region. Watters, Stephen. 2002. SIL International. oai:sil.org:60445
  8. Topics in Nepalese linguistics. Glover, Warren W. (editor); Yadava, Yogendra P. (editor). 1999. Royal Nepal Academy. oai:sil.org:6297
  9. ONLINEClause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of Nepal 1: General approach. Hale, Austin (editor). 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8549
  10. ONLINEPaired-sentence reversals in the discovery of underlying and surface structures in Sherpa discourse. Pike, Kenneth L.; Schöttelndreyer, Burkhard. 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8651
  11. ONLINENarrative discourse in Sherpa. Schöttelndreyer, Burkhard. 1978. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:8910
  12. ONLINEClause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of Nepal 2: Clause. Hale, Austin (editor); Watters, David E. (editor). 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8923
  13. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Sherpa. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:she

Other resources about the language

  1. ONLINESherpa texts. Schottelndreyer, Burkhard; Schottelndreyer, Heiderose. 1973. Clause, Sentence, and Discourse Patterns in Selected Languages of Nepal 3: Texts. oai:refdb.wals.info:4297
  2. ONLINEInteractions of tense and evidentiality: A study of Sherpa and English. Woodbury, Anthony. 1986. Evidentiality: The Linguistic Coding of Epistemology. oai:refdb.wals.info:4700
  3. Clause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of Nepal. Hale, Austin; Watters, David E., 1944-. 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics publications in linguistics and related fields ; publication no. 40. oai:gial.edu:13424
  4. Guide to tone in Nepal. Schottelndreyer, Heiderose; Bieri, Dora, 1935-; Schultze, Marlene, 1932-; Hári, Mária, 1938-; Glover, Jessie; Glover, Warren W., 1940-. 1970-1972. Kirtipur : SIL : Inst. for Nepalese Studies, Tribhuvan University. oai:gial.edu:16449
  5. Collected papers on Sherpa, Jirel. Summer Institute of Linguistics (Nepal). 1975. Nepal studies in linguistics ; 2. oai:gial.edu:25512
  6. Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal : Manange and Sherpa. Genetti, Carol, 1961-. 2004. Pacific linguistics ; 557. oai:gial.edu:28969
  7. ONLINESherpa: a language of Nepal. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:xsr
  8. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Sherpa. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_xsr
  9. ONLINEA phonological survey of seven Bodic languages of Nepal. Hale, Austin. 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:1465
  10. ONLINETone systems of Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal 1: Studies on tone and phonological segments. Hale, Austin (editor); Pike, Kenneth L. (editor). 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:1614
  11. ONLINESherpa segmental synopsis. Gordon, Kent; Schöttelndreyer, Burkhard. 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:1715
  12. ONLINEA note on Sherpa vowels. Hale, Austin; Schöttelndreyer, Burkhard. 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:2833
  13. ONLINESherpa tone and higher levels. Gordon, Kent. 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:3074
  14. ONLINETone systems of Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal 3: Texts 1. Hale, Austin (editor); Pike, Kenneth L. (editor). 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:36865
  15. ONLINEGlides in Sherpa. Schöttelndreyer, Burkhard. 1980. SIL International. oai:sil.org:36870
  16. A sociolinguistic survey of Sherpa. Lee, Sang Yong. 2003. Themes in Himalayan languages and linguistics, Tej Ratna Kansakar and Mark Turin (eds.). oai:sil.org:36885
  17. ONLINECollected papers on Sherpa, Jirel. Hale, Austin (editor). 1975. Summer Institute of Linguistics and Institute of Nepal and Asian Studies. oai:sil.org:36940
  18. Gurung, Tamang, Thakali, Sherpa, and Chepang prosodies. Pittman, Richard S. 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:36972
  19. ONLINETone systems of Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal 4: Texts 2. Hale, Austin (editor); Pike, Kenneth L. (editor). 1970. University of Illinois Press. oai:sil.org:36978
  20. ONLINEVowel and tone patterns in the Sherpa verb. Schöttelndreyer, Burkhard. 1980. SIL International. oai:sil.org:37024
  21. ONLINETone Systems Tibeto-Burman Languages of Nepal. Gordon, Kent; Gordon, Sandra. 1970. The University of Illinois. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_xsr_contents-2

Other known names and dialect names: Central Sherpa, Dolakha, East Sherpa, Khumbu, North Sherpa, Ramechhap, Serwa, Sharpa, Sharpa Bhotia, Solu, South Sherpa, West Sherpa, Xarba, Xiaerba

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