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Sherpa (also Sharpa, Xiaerba, Sherwa) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Sherpas, an indinegious native of Nepal. The name "Sherpa", also spoken colloquially as "Sharwa" means "easterner", referring to the original Sherpa settlement of Khams, in eastern Tibet. The language is also spoken by small number of people in the Indian state of Sikkim. The majority speakers of the Sherpa language live in the Khumbu region of Nepal, spanning from the Chinese (Tibetan) border in the east to the Bhotekosi River in the west. About 200,000 speakers live in Nepal (2001 census), some 20,000 in Sikkim (1997) and some 800 in Tibetan Autonomous Region (1994). Sherpa is a subject-object-verb (SOV) language. Sherpa is predominately a spoken language, although it is occasionally written using either the Devanagari or Tibetan script. Most speakers of the Sherpa language also speak Nepali and consider it to be more useful for business and travel than their native tongue, which is still used actively within the community. Speakers of the Sherpa language also often speak English, catering to western clients who visit the region for mountaineering on Mt. Everest and hiking in Sagarmatha National Park.

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