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Sherpa

Шерпы · Q200513

language area per Glottologcensus counts
130,637
Nepal, census 2021 (national and/or ethnic group, UN)
Sino-Tibetan
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in Nepal: 130,637 people in the 2021 census.

Main language: Solu-Khumbu Sherpa. Glottolog classifies it in the Sino-Tibetan family.

Where they live: census figures

Each figure comes from the country's official census. Censuses define belonging differently (self-identification, citizenship, mother tongue, ancestry); the type is given on each row.

Nepal2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Sherpa» · [1]
130,637

Languages and their lineage

Solu-Khumbu Sherpa

  1. Sino-Tibetansino1245
  2. Bodicbodi1256
  3. Bodishbodi1257
  4. Early Old Tibetanoldm1245
  5. Middle Old Tibetantibe1276
  6. Late Old Tibetanlate1253
  7. Central Tibetancent2346
  8. South-Western Tibeticsout3216
  9. Sherpa-Jirelsher1254
  10. Sherpaicsher1260
  11. Solu-Khumbu Sherpasher1255

Nepali

  1. Indo-Europeanindo1319
  2. Classical Indo-Europeanclas1257
  3. Indo-Iranianindo1320
  4. Indo-Aryanindo1321
  5. Middle-Modern Indo-Aryanmidd1375
  6. Continental Indo-Aryancont1248
  7. Midlands Indo-Aryanmidl1245
  8. Indo-Aryan Northern zoneindo1310
  9. Eastern Paharieast1436
  10. Nepalinepa1254

People-to-language links: Wikidata (properties P103 and P2936), checked against ISO 639-3 codes. Language classification: Glottolog 5.3.

Peoples of the same language family

Han ChineseHui peopleTujia peopleChinese peopleTibetansBai peopleTamang peopleHoa peopleRai peopleLahu peopleLimbu peopleQiangJingpo peopleAkhaDungansPumiNu peopleMang peopleBamar (Burmans)

Sources

  1. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Nepal, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  2. Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)